stile: [OE] A stile is etymologically something you ‘climb’. The word goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *stig- ‘climb’ (source also of English stair, stirrup, etc, and of German steigen ‘climb, rise’). => stair, stirrup
stile (n.)
Old English stigel, stile "device for climbing, ladder," related to stigen "to climb," from Proto-Germanic *stig- "to climb" (see stair). An arrangement to allow persons to pass but not sheep and cattle.
中文解释
1. stair, stirrup => Proto-Germanic *stig- "to climb" => stile.2. A stile is etymologically something you 'climb'.3. 谐音“是梯哦、是台哦”-----是阶梯、梯子哦，是台阶哦。
实用例句
1. Vaulting the stile, he headed diagonally across the paddock.
翻身跃过栅栏后，他便朝斜穿围场的方向走去。
来自柯林斯例句
2. At the far end of the meadow two slates in the wall, which at this point replaced the hedge, indicated a stile.
在草地的另一端, 树篱围墙中有两块石板和树篱相连.看得出这是供人越过树篱的阶梯.
来自《用法词典》
3. He knew he was within five steps of the stile leading into Widow Douglas'grounds.
现在他在离道格拉斯寡妇家庭院的阶梯口不到五步远的地方.
来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
4. He paused to give Alexandra his hand as she stepped over the stile.
他停了下来,伸手帮亚历山德拉越过门槛.
来自辞典例句
5. A: We put tokens in this slot and push the turn _ stile, right?