instrument of punishment and confinement formerly widely used in Europe and America (usually for vagrants and petty offenders), early 14c., from stock (n.1), because they consisted of large wooden blocks.
实用例句
1. The shop stocks everything from cigarettes to recycled loo paper.
商店货品齐全，从香烟到再生厕纸应有尽有。
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2. Three hundred thousand tons of cereals are needed to replenish stocks.
需要30万吨谷类补充库存。
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3. On Wall Street, stocks closed at their second highest level today.
华尔街股市以今天的第二高点收盘。
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4. The insurance company will take warehouse stocks or treasury bonds as surety.
该保险公司将接受仓库库存货物或长期国库券作为担保。
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5. The inn gift shop stocks quality Indian crafts and sundries.