stationary

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NOT MOVINGstanding still instead of moving 不（移）动的；静止的

How did you manage to drive into a stationary vehicle?

你是怎么开车的，竟会撞上一辆停着的车子？

Do not confuse with the noun stationery (=writing materials such as paper).

不要与名词 stationery（文具）混淆。

Examples from the Corpus

stationary• It is called a sinker because it sinks beneath you when you are stationary.• It sounds mean as hell; you can feel the engine resonating through the petrol tank when the bike is stationary.• Picture a shallow pool with a glassy surface, and in the pool picture minnows fluttering their tail fins but otherwise stationary.• The floor of the dome was covered with various machinery, all stationary, and walled constructions.• The stars appear stationary because they are so far away.• a four-mile queue of stationary traffic• The truck swerved and hit a stationary vehicle.

Origin stationary

(1400-1500) Latin stationarius, from statio; → STATION1

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