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stunt 作及物动词，后接名词，意为阻碍…的生长或发展。
Lack of exercise can stunt your physical development.
缺乏锻炼会妨碍你的身体发育。
表演特技；做特技动作
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表演特技；做特技动作
perform a dangerous or impressive trick
Lack of exercise can stunt your physical development.
缺乏锻炼会妨碍你的身体发育。
表演特技。
To perform a stunt.
阻碍或妨碍生长或发展。
To check or hinder the growth or development of.
阻碍生长或发展
check the growth or development of
stunt
Base
原形
stunts
3rd person
第三人称单数
stunting
-ing
现在分词
stunted
Past
过去式
stunted
Past participle
过去分词
Lack of sleep stunts children's growth.
睡眠不足会阻碍儿童的生长发育。
The harsh winter stunted the young trees.
严冬阻碍了小树的生长。
Years of poor nutrition have stunted their development.
多年的营养不良阻碍了他们的发育。
stunt 作动词表示“阻碍发育或发展”，也可表示“表演特技”；它是规则动词，过去式和过去分词均为 stunted。
Lack of sleep can stunt a teenager's physical development.
睡眠不足会阻碍青少年的身体发育。
AI contextual example
The dry spell stunted the corn in the field.
干旱期使田里的玉米生长受阻。
AI contextual example
Overwatering will stunt the roots of your houseplants.
浇水过多会阻碍室内植物的根部生长。
AI contextual example
You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles
练这么多肌肉会阻碍你的生长发育。
WordNet
stunt 作及物动词，后接名词，意为阻碍…的生长或发展。
Lack of exercise can stunt your physical development.
缺乏锻炼会妨碍你的身体发育。
被动语态常用来说明生长受到阻碍的结果。
The trees were stunted by the cold climate.
这些树因气候寒冷而长不大。
Not this
Poor nutrition stunts children to develop.
Use this
Poor nutrition stunts children's development.
stunt 作“阻碍……的发育”解时是及物动词，后面直接跟受影响的人或物以及名词 growth/development，不接不定式 to develop；中文的“阻碍发育”在英文中需要用名词 development，而不是动词不定式。
Not this
The disease stunted the child from growing.
Use this
The disease stunted the child's growth.
stunt 的对象是“生长/发育”本身，而不是“人 + from doing”；英语中没有 "stunt somebody from doing" 的搭配，因此要把 "the child from growing" 改为名词短语 the child's growth。
Not this
The plant stunted because of lack of sunlight.
Use this
The plant was stunted because of lack of sunlight.
stunt 是及物动词，主语是受影响的事物时要用被动语态 be stunted；不能说 The plant stunted，因为植物不会主动阻碍自己的生长，缺少施动者。
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阻碍生长
Malnutrition can stunt growth in children.
营养不良会阻碍儿童生长。
阻碍发展；妨碍发育
Lack of sleep can stunt development in children.
睡眠不足会妨碍儿童的发育。
阻碍进展
The budget cuts stunted progress on the research project.
预算削减阻碍了研究项目的进展。
抑制创造力
Too many rigid rules can stunt creativity in the classroom.
过多刻板的规则会抑制课堂上的创造力。
阻碍某人的职业发展
Refusing to learn new skills can stunt your career.
拒绝学习新技能可能会阻碍你的职业发展。
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联想 stunt 以 st 开头像 stone（石头）：石头压住幼苗=阻碍生长；演员的特技 stunt 让人 stunned（震惊）。
语域：mixed 常见场景：film/TV stunt work、growth/development in medicine/agriculture stunt 作动词的两个义项使用场合不同：“表演特技”多用于影视或特技表演场景；“阻碍…生长/发育”则常见于医学、农业等较正式的说明性语境。因此整体上宜根据具体含义选择正式度，无法用单一语域概括。
过去式和过去分词均为 stunted，现在分词为 stunting。
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