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Not moving — standing still, staying in one place. You use it for something that could move but at this moment isn't: a stationary car at a red light, a stationary train, a stationary front on a weather map that just sits over the island and rains for three days. It is a bit more formal than "not moving" and turns up a lot in traffic reports, police language, science and instructions.
Not moving不動, standing still, staying in one place靜止不動、待在原地. You use it你會用這個字 for something that could move but at this moment isn't來形容本來可以動、但此刻沒在動的東西: a stationary car at a red light像紅燈前停著的車、 a stationary train停著的火車、 a stationary front on a weather map that just sits over the island and rains for three days或天氣圖上停在島上不走、一連下三天雨的滯留鋒面. It它 is a bit more formal than「not moving」比「not moving」正式一點 and turns up a lot in而且常出現在 traffic reports, police language, science and instructions交通報導、警方用語、科學和說明文字裡
There is a second, slightly different use: fixed in place by design, unable to move at all. A stationary bike is the exercise machine in the gym — you pedal hard and go nowhere. A stationary engine is one bolted to the ground rather than sitting in a vehicle.
There is有 a second, slightly different use第二種、稍微不一樣的用法: fixed in place by design, unable to move at all指設計上就固定住、根本不能動. A stationary bikestationary bike（健身腳踏車） is the exercise machine in the gym就是健身房那種運動器材 you pedal hard and go nowhere你用力踩，但哪裡都不會去. A stationary enginestationary engine（固定式引擎） is one bolted to the ground就是螺栓固定在地上的引擎 rather than sitting in a vehicle而不是裝在車輛裡的
And a third, quieter use: numbers or a situation that is not changing. "House prices have remained stationary for two years" means they went neither up nor down.
And a third, quieter use還有第三種、比較不明顯的用法: numbers or a situation that is not changing指數字或狀況沒有在變化. 「House prices have remained stationary for two years」「House prices have remained stationary for two years」（房價兩年來都沒有變動） means they went neither up nor down意思是既沒漲也沒跌
The trap with this word is not its meaning but its spelling, which I will come back to below.
The trap with this word這個字的陷阱 is not its meaning不是意思上 but its spelling而是拼法上 which I will come back to below我後面會再講到
組成來自拉丁文 stationarius「駐守一地的」，源頭是 statio「站崗的位置」，再往上就是 stō「站」。原本是指軍隊駐紮不動的部隊。
同家族的字
- stationsame Latin statio — a place where you stand or stay
- stationeryan old doubling: the bookseller who stayed put at a fixed stall, unlike travelling pedlars
- stablealso from the 'stand' root — steady, not falling over
- statesame stand root, through Latin status
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
stationaryadj/ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/
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Not moving.
- The train remained stationary for a few moments, before lurching forward along the track.
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Incapable of being moved.
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Unchanging.
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mathematicssciencesA set which intersects all club sets.
stationarynoun/ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/
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obsoleterareOne who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.
- As also, that then they [the planets] are Stationaries in their houses which be in the middle points of the latitudes, which they cal eclipticks.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。