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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
stationary
sta·tion·ary BrE [ˈsteɪʃənri] NAmE [ˈsteɪʃəneri] adjective
1. not moving; not intended to be moved
•I remained stationary.
•The car collided with a stationary vehicle.
•a stationary exercise bike
Opp: ↑mobile
2. not changing in condition or quantity
Syn: ↑static
•a stationary population
Word Origin:
[stationary] late Middle English: from Latin stationarius (originally in the sense ‘belonging to a military station’), from statio(n-) ‘standing’, from stare ‘to stand’.
Example Bank:
•I walked down one of the stationary escalators.
•Some of the larger birds can remain stationary in the air for several minutes.
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