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.
雙語例句
1. The shop stocks everything from cigarettes to recycled loo paper.
商店貨品齊全，從香煙到再生廁紙應有盡有。
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2. Three hundred thousand tons of cereals are needed to replenish stocks.
需要30萬噸谷類補充庫存。
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3. On Wall Street, stocks closed at their second highest level today.
華爾街股市以今天的第二高點收盤。
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4. The insurance company will take warehouse stocks or treasury bonds as surety.
該保險公司將接受倉庫庫存貨物或長期國庫券作為擔保。
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5. The inn gift shop stocks quality Indian crafts and sundries.