still

Pronunciation: [stil]

Average Rank: 146

Source: ECDICT

n. 蒸馏室, 寂静, 剧照 v. 蒸馏, (使)平静, (使)静止 a. 静止的, 不动的, 静寂的, 不起泡的, 静物摄影的 adv. 仍然, 更, 静止地 conj. 然而, 但是

n. a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)
n. an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed
v. lessen the intensity of or calm
v. make motionless

Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Oxford 3000

Difficulty: BASIC

Exam Tags: zk gk toefl

Plural: stills

Present Participle: stilling

Past: stilled

3rd Person: stills

Past Participle: stilled

Word Frequency Rankings

#139

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.6% (Top 98.6% most frequent)

98.6%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

#153

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 98.5% (Top 98.5% most frequent)

98.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

#146

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 98.5% (Top 98.5% most frequent)

98.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.