/stu:l; stul/
n
1 (often in compounds 常用以构成复合词) seat without a back or arms, usu for one person 凳子（通常指单人的）
*a `bar stool 酒吧间的高凳
* a `piano stool 弹钢琴坐的凳子
* sitting on stools around the table 坐在桌子四周的凳子上. =>illus at App
1 见附录1插图, page xvi.
2 = footstool (foot1).
3 (usu pl 通常作复数) (medical or fml 医或文) (piece of) solid waste from the body; faeces 大便; 粪便.
4 (idm 习语) fall between two `stools fail to be or take either of two satisfactory alternatives 两头落空
*The author seems uncertain whether he is writing a comedy or a tragedy, so the play falls between two stools. 作者似乎拿不定主意是写喜剧还是写悲剧, 致使这个剧非驴非马.

n[C]

[Language: Old English;Origin: stol]
a seat that has three or four legs, but no back or arms
　a bar stool
medical a piece of solid waste from your bowels