stock

1. N-COUNT Stocks are shares in the ownership of a company, or investments on which a fixed amount of interest will be paid. 股票; 證券[商業(yè)]

...the buying and selling of stocks and shares. …證券和股票的買賣。

2. N-UNCOUNT A company's stock is the amount of money which the company has through selling shares. (公司的) 股票價值[商業(yè)]

Two years later, when Compaq went public, their stock was valued at $38 million. 兩年后康柏公司上市時，他們的股票價值為3800萬美元。

3. V-T If a shop stocks particular products, it keeps a supply of them to sell. 有…存貨[no cont]

The shop stocks everything from cigarettes to recycled paper. 該商店的存貨包括香煙和再生紙等各種商品。

4. N-UNCOUNT A shop's stock is the total amount of goods which it has available to sell. 存貨

When a nearby shop burned down, our stock was ruined by smoke. 附近一家商店被燒成灰燼，我們的存貨也被濃煙熏壞了。

5. V-T If you stock something such as a cupboard, shelf, or room, you fill it with food or other things. 給…裝滿

I worked stocking shelves in a grocery shop. 我在一家雜貨店工作，給貨架上貨。

Some families stocked their cellars with food and water. 有些家庭在地窖里裝滿食物和水。

6. PHRASAL VERB Stock up means the same as . 給…裝滿

I had to stock the boat up with food. 我不得不給小船裝滿食品。

7. N-COUNT If you have a stock of things, you have a supply of them stored in a place ready to be used. 儲備

I keep a stock of cassette tapes describing various relaxation techniques. 我儲藏著一些講述各種放松技巧的盒式磁帶。

8. ADJ A stock answer, expression, or way of doing something is one that is very commonly used, especially because people cannot be bothered to think of something new. (回答、表達(dá)或做事方式) 老一套的[ADJ n]

My boss had a stock response – "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

我的老板是老一套的回答–“沒壞的話就別修了！”

9. N-MASS Stock is a liquid, usually made by boiling meat, bones, or vegetables in water, that is used to give flavour to soups and sauces. (以肉、骨頭或蔬菜煮成的) 高湯

Finally, add the beef stock. 最后，加入牛肉高湯。

10. →see also stocking

11. PHRASE If goods are in stock, a shop has them available to sell. If they are out of stock, it does not. 有貨/缺貨

Check that your size is in stock. 查查你的尺碼是不是有貨。

12. PHRASE If you take stock, you pause to think about all the aspects of a situation or event before deciding what to do next. 估量

It was time to take stock of the situation. 是估量形勢的時候了。

13. lock, stock, and barrel→see barrel