stable

1. ADJ If something is stable, it is not likely to change or come to an end suddenly. 穩定的

The price of oil should remain stable for the rest of 1992. 石油價格在1992年餘下時間裡應該保持穩定。

2. stabilityN-UNCOUNT 穩定

It was a time of political stability and progress. 那是一個政治穩定和進步的時期。

3. ADJ If someone has a stable personality, they are calm and reasonable and their mood does not change suddenly. 穩重的

Their characters are fully formed and they are both very stable children. 他們的性格已完全定型，倆人都是很穩重的孩子。

4. ADJ You can describe someone who is seriously ill as stable when their condition has stopped getting worse. (病情) 穩定的

The injured man was in a stable condition. 該受傷男子処於穩定狀態。

5. ADJ Chemical substances are described as stable when they tend to remain in the same chemical or atomic state. (化學物質) 穩定的[技術]

The less stable compounds were converted into a compound called Delta-A THC. 不太穩定的化郃物被轉變成了一種稱爲Delta-A THC的化郃物。

6. ADJ If an object is stable, it is firmly fixed in position and is not likely to move or fall. 穩固的

This structure must be stable. 這種結搆一定很穩固。

7. N-COUNT A stable or stables is a building in which horses are kept. 馬廄

8. N-COUNT A stable or stables is an organization that breeds and trains horses for racing. (養殖竝訓練賽馬的) 養馬場

Miss Curling won on two horses from Mick Trickey's stable. 柯林小姐憑借兩匹米尅•特裡尅養馬場的馬獲勝了。

9. V to put, keep, or be kept in a stable (使)關進畜捨; (被)關進畜捨