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词汇 stunting
释义 stunting
present participle ofstunt
stunt
verb[ T ]
uk /stʌnt/ us /stʌnt/
to prevent the growth or development of something from reaching its limit: 妨碍…的正常生长;阻碍…的充分发展
Drought has stunted (the growth of) this year's cereal crop.干旱阻碍了今年谷物的生长。
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limit
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Examples of stunting


stunting

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 severe stunting, sometimes resulting in plant death (table 1).
Significant associations have also been found between stunting and poor psychomotor development, fine motor skills and neuro-sensory integration.
Early childhood diarrhea helminthiases associated with long-term stunting.
The consequence of deprivation for height is further emphasized by the greater stunting of the more impoverished destitute boys.
We are stunting the educational growth of our children.
Stunting, severe malnutrition and mental development in young children.
The precise mechanism linking stunting to poor mental development is unknown.
Density of the cereals was similar in the two residue treatments, indicating that the abundant residues were stunting the growth of established plants74.
This would suggest some overcrowding and stunting around this time.
The cause of stunting seen in this study is unclear.
In various helminth infections, stunting of worms and reduced fecundity of females are recognized as features that can be caused by immunity.
In this case, trematode-induced stunting would be expected more frequently under environmental conditions favouring stable population sizes.
Severe stunting and reduction in stem diameter, ear size and tassel size, often causing stalk lodging, brittleness and husk opening at a late growing stage.
Whether the stunting is permanent or not and whether it has an impact on the numbers of eggs produced per fluke were not determined.
Plant stunting in this treatment most likely resulted from increased competition for moisture and/or soil nutrients.
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