stunting
present participle ofstunt
| 单词 | stunting |
| 释义 | stunting present participle ofstunt stunt verb[T] uk/stʌnt/us/stʌnt/topreventthegrowthordevelopmentof something fromreachingitslimit: Drought has stunted (thegrowthof) this year'scerealcrop. Limiting and restricting
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Preventing and impeding Examplesofstuntingstunting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. After three weeks, these cultivars showed severestunting, sometimes resulting in plant death (table 1). From theCambridge English Corpus Significant associations have also been found betweenstuntingand poor psychomotor development, fine motor skills and neuro-sensory integration. From theCambridge English Corpus Early childhood diarrhea helminthiases associated with long-termstunting. From theCambridge English Corpus The consequence of deprivation for height is further emphasized by the greaterstuntingof the more impoverished destitute boys. From theCambridge English Corpus We arestuntingthe educational growth of our children. From theCambridge English Corpus Stunting, severe malnutrition and mental development in young children. From theCambridge English Corpus The precise mechanism linkingstuntingto poor mental development is unknown. From theCambridge English Corpus Density of the cereals was similar in the two residue treatments, indicating that the abundant residues werestuntingthe growth of established plants74. From theCambridge English Corpus This would suggest some overcrowding andstuntingaround this time. From theCambridge English Corpus The cause ofstuntingseen in this study is unclear. From theCambridge English Corpus In various helminth infections,stuntingof worms and reduced fecundity of females are recognized as features that can be caused by immunity. From theCambridge English Corpus In this case, trematode-inducedstuntingwould be expected more frequently under environmental conditions favouring stable population sizes. From theCambridge English Corpus Severestuntingand reduction in stem diameter, ear size and tassel size, often causing stalk lodging, brittleness and husk opening at a late growing stage. From theCambridge English Corpus Whether thestuntingis permanent or not and whether it has an impact on the numbers of eggs produced per fluke were not determined. From theCambridge English Corpus Plantstuntingin this treatment most likely resulted from increased competition for moisture and/or soil nutrients. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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