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stop

英[stɒp]
美[stɑːp]

基本释义

  • v.使停止; 结束; 阻碍; 逗留; 扣除
  • n.停留; 车站; 音栓

词性变化

实用例句

The car stopped at the traffic lights.

汽车在交通信号灯前停了下来。

牛津词典

We stopped for the night in Port Augusta.

我们中途在奥古斯塔港停留过夜。

牛津词典

He was stopped by the police for speeding.

他因超速行驶被警察截住了。

牛津词典

Stop throwing those stones!...

不要再扔那些石头了!

He can't stop thinking about it...

他没办法不再想这件事。

He proposed a new diplomatic initiative to try to stop the war...

他提出了一项新的外交计划以尽力阻止这场战争。

If the fire isn't stopped, it could spread to 25,000 acres...

如果大火不被扑灭,它可能会蔓延 2.5 万英亩。

The rain had stopped and a star or two was visible over the mountains...

雨停了,山顶上有一两颗星星在闪烁。

The system overheated and filming had to stop...

系统过热,拍摄工作只好停了下来。

The clock had stopped at 2.12 a.m...

钟在凌晨 2 点 12 分时停了。

His heart stopped three times...

他的心脏曾 3 次停止跳动。

The car failed to stop at an army checkpoint...

那辆车没有在军方检查站停车。

He stopped and let her catch up with him...

他停下来,好让她追上自己。

People often wrongly open doors before the train has come to a stop...

人们经常在火车还尚未完全停好时就违规打开车门。

He slowed the car almost to a stop.

他放慢车速,车几乎停住了。

She doesn't stop to think about what she's saying...

她都没有停下来想一想自己在说些什么。

There is something rather strange about all this if one stops to consider it...

如果停下来好好想想的话,就会发觉整件事情相当蹊跷。

The cafe owner has put up the required 'no smoking' signs, but thinks his responsibility stops there...

咖啡馆老板已经按规定贴上了“禁止吸烟”的标志,但是他认为自己的责任就止于此。

The good news did not stop there...

好消息还不止这些。

There was an Underground map above one of the windows and I counted the stops to West Hampstead...

其中一扇窗户上方有一张地铁线路图,我数了数到西汉普斯特德站共有几站。

They waited at a bus stop.

他们在一个公共汽车站等车。

He insisted we stop at a small restaurant just outside of Atlanta...

他坚持让我们在亚特兰大市外不远的一家小餐馆歇歇脚。

It would be a crime to travel all the way to Australia and not stop in Sydney.

如果不远万里去了澳大利亚,却没在悉尼稍作停留,那真是一种罪过。

The last stop in Mr Cook's lengthy tour was Paris...

库克先生漫长旅程中的最后一站是巴黎。

Mack was driving down from Vermont, with a stop in Boston to pick Sarah up.

麦克正开车从佛蒙特向南行驶,中途经停波士顿接上萨拉。

Their motive is money, and they will stop at nothing to get it.

他们的动机是钱,为了钱他们会不择手段。

New Zealand police vowed yesterday to pull out all the stops to find the killer.

新西兰警方昨天发誓要竭尽全力抓到杀人凶手。

His daughter should have stood up and put a stop to all these rumours.

他的女儿早该站出来平息所有这些谣言。

Like many politicians before him, Mr Bentley did not know when to stop...

和过去的很多政客一样,本特利先生做事也没分寸。

You should know when to stop asking questions.

你应该知道什么事不该问。

真题例句

By studying about 700 adult smokers, she found out that her mom quit the right way—by stopping abruptly and completely.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

To lower domestic food prices, some countries limited or stopped their grain exports.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Stop worrying about what you can not controlAs we begin to examine our life, Soupios says, we come to Rule No.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Stop to seek advice from a human being.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Soupios say following the 10 Golden Rules based on ancient wisdom can guide us to the path of the good life where we stop living as onlookers and become engaged and happier human beings.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

So take a step back, switch off the automatic pilot and actually stop and reflect about things like our priorities, our values, and our relationships.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Michael Soupios suggests that we should stop and think carefully about our priorities in lifeAncient philosophers strongly advise that we do good.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

If the robot is unsure whether an animal is suitable for the microwave, it has the opportunity to stop, send out beeps , and ask for directions from a human.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

They try to stop their economy from going into free-fall.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

That approach will eliminate most cord-cutting concerns—but what about their wireless equivalent, jamming? With the right device tuned to the right frequency, what's to stop a thief from jamming your setup and blocking that alert signal from ever reaching the base station?Jamming concerns are nothing new, and they're not unique to security systems.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Some began to stop taking bathroom breaks, worried that if their productivity fell they would be fired.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Last week, for example, Postmaster General Pat Donahoe announced plans to stop mail delivery on Saturdays, a move he says could save three billion dollars annually.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

But just before he reached the car door, he suddenly stopped, crouching down to peer at something on the sidewalk.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

So I stopped shouting and bluffing, and slowly my writing improved.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

The silk ribbon would stop the lightning from passing through his body.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

Got a smart phone? Never lose your hotel key, or even have to stop at the registration desk again.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

When the twin towers fell, Americans stopped travelling.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

should not stop people from looking for a job

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

But the message that everyone must screen for cancer has become so deep-rooted that when health care experts recommended that women under 50 and over 74 stop screening for breast cancer, it caused a riotous reaction among doctors, patients and advocacy groups

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

They exclude those who have stopped looking for a job.

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

Get off a stop earlier, make a circuit of the park at lunchtime, walk the child to and from school, get a dog, feel yourself moving in moving air, look, listen, absorb.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

Inability to stop the activity.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

They have stopped sending homing signals.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

And the phone hasn't stopped ringing.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

Burger King, the nation's second-largest fast food chain, for instance, will stop automatically including French fries and soda in its kids' meals starting this month, although they will still be available.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

And then he stops and says "Oh, any woman, you ladies, but

出自-2012年12月听力原文

Why didn't you stop when we first signaled you at the crossroads?

出自-2010年12月听力原文

What measure did the Graben Gore Restaurant take to stop stealing

出自-2010年12月听力原文

After making a stop for a few hours at a British station on the edge of Antarctica, the two workers were flown to the southernmost Chilean city of Punta Arenas.

2019年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

Fortunately for him, the beach life guards were quickly on the scene to stop him from drowning.

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

If the robot is unsure whether an animal is suitable for the microwave, it has the opportunity to stop, send out beeps, and ask for directions from a human.

2016年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

like, if people jump the traffic lights, I don't know why there isn't a camera on the traffic lights to stop people doing that.

2016年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

Nonetheless, the governor of South Carolina refused to stop the execution.

2015年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

people are increasingly using for peace of mind in their homes, but few stop to think about the effect these devices may have on house guests.

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

So we will side with the majority of the people of Philadelphia who oppose this tax and take legal action to stop it.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

Sometimes, Jody feels that she succeeds in persuading some students to stop dieting; other times, she feels that she fails.

2016年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

That said, our test driver believed the bus was going to slow or stop to allow us to merge into the traffic, and that there would be sufficient space to do that.

2017年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

They project the image of confidence, and perhaps most importantly, they know when to stop.

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

When the rats detect the smell, they stop and rub their legs to indicate a sample is infected.

2017年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

with the right device tuned to the right frequency, what's to stop a thief from jamming your setup and blocking that alert signal from ever reaching the base station?

2016年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

While many birds travelled along well-known routes to warmer climates, others stopped short and spent the winter on landfills, feeding on food waste, and the multitudes of insects that thrive on the dumps.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

In his eyes, however, that doesn't necessarily mean that innovation has stopped.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Whether it's a sports team or a presidential campaign, everybody relishes having the big momentum, because it makes them harder to stop or change direction.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Stop certifying new space-tourist agencies.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

If you want to change his course, you have only a few choices: you can stop him, transferring some of his kinetic energy to your own body, or you can approach alongside and slowly apply pressure to gradually alter his course.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

But the momentum of incandescent lighting does not stop there.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

resolved to stop selling oil to the United States.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Regardless, all these complex measures had the same psychological purpose: to reassure people that the free fall would stop and, thereby, curb the fear that would perpetuate (使持久) a free fall

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

For students who don't plan to stop with an undergraduate degree, the three-year plan may have an even greater appeal.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

What stopped the American economy from collapsing in 2007?

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

Ask me in 2020 There is little that can be done to stop population ageing, so the world will have to live with it

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

And what if Americans become so familiar with having Obama as their president that they stop considering his race altogether?

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

And when that is failed, they stop the hunters, banging on pots and pans to alert the deer.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

He will stop work to take care of the baby.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

To stop them from fighting back

出自-2013年6月听力原文

The driver stops the car on a flat platform and gets out.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

Stop negotiating for the time being.

出自-2011年12月听力原文

I hope you are not to put out with me for the delay ,I had to stop for the Fred's home to pick up a book on my way here M : well , that's not a big deal ,but you might at least phone if you know you will keep someone waiting Q : what do we learn about the women

出自-2011年6月听力原文

We don't have the resources to stop those people from buying us out

出自-2011年6月听力原文

Stop him when he had difficulty understanding.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

Stop me," he said, "any time I say something you don't understand

出自-2010年6月听力原文

Juan's roommate stopped him four times.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

And breakfast time arrived, and the coach driver had arranged for us to stop at this little cafe.

2016年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

But that won't stop inventors from dreaming up new ways to fly and trying to persuade investors to back their sometimes outrageous schemes.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

For years, nutritionists have recommended that pasta be kept to a minimum, to cut calories, prevent fat build-up and stop blood sugar shooting up.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

Amy Blankson describes how to strategically stop during the day by using technology to control overworking.

2018年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

If you want to change his course, you have only a few choices: you can stop him, transferring possibly painfullysome of his kinetic energy to your own body, or toucan approach alongside and slowly apply pressure to gradually alter his course.

2015年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Just earlier this year, the European Parliament voted in favor of legislation that would stop grocery giants from unfair trading practices that result in overproduction, thus creating waste.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

Let's all stop judging people who talk to themselves.

2017年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

living in college dormitories, there are no parents to tell you to study harder or stop wasting time.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

Once every three or four years, when conditions are right, the lake is covered with the pink birds as they stop flight to breed.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

Online services like Facebook, Twitter and the like, are called out as masters of manipulation—making products so good that people can't stop using them.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Our world now moves so fast that we seldom stop to see just how far we have come in just a few years.

2017年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

The same thing happens to people who stop moving, either mentally or physically.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

These include the centuries-old custom of "bul",  where leaders would call a temporary stop to fishing for key species in order to give fish stocks an opportunity to replenish.

2017年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

They did so though while doing little to stop the erosion of available aid.

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

They may be able to handle a drought of some length, and many people use the term "drought tolerant" to describe such plants, but they never actually stop needing to consume water, so Farrant prefers to call them drought resistant.

2018年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

We "stop" work sometimes at 5 pm, but then we spend the night wrestling with solutions to work problems, talking about our work over dimer, and falling asleep thinking about how much work we'll do tomorrow.

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Whenever you have an adverse reaction, you should stop taking the drug right away.

2017年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

A group of people sitting in the hall stopped talking and stared at us.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

A sudden stop can be a very frightening experience, especially if you are travelling at high speed.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 单项选择 原文

A war injury has made his left hand stop functioning, and he has often been in prison.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

And the industry isn't stopping there.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

At age 68, he retired from the post office, but he never stopped serving the community.

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读表达 原文

At last I ended up hitting the set with my first, and it stopped working altogether.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

At what time does metrorail stop service on Saturday?

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 题设

Breaking up firms like Google into five small ones would not stop remaking themselves: in time, one of them would become great again.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

But a transparent object doesn't absorb or scatter light, at least not very much, light can pass through it without bending or stopping.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

But that didn't stop her from trying.

2016年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

Callie Babbitt and her colleagues at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York tracked the environmental costs for each product throughout its life – from when its minerals are mined to when we stop using the device.

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Disability cannot stop a man's pursuit of success.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

Don't forget to stop by pacific science center's store while you are here to pick up a wonderful science activity or remember your visit.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Explore the monuments and memorials on the national mail as your guide shares unique facts and history at each stop.

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Finally, when we came to the next stop, the boy ran up to the door of the bus.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

For busy librarians and educators, finding instructions for projects, activities, sports, and games that children and teens will find interesting is a constant challenge, this guide is a time-saving, one-stop....

2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Freedom would stop Athens from self-dependence.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

Frequent stops are make for photo taking as your guide offers unique facts and history.

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Harry, stop making excuses! You're just lazy.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

He said the chickens had never missed a meal and he could not figure out why some of them had stopped laying eggs.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 完形填空 原文

Her mother Maxime, one of a family of fourteen, had been an athlete herself as a young girl but, like so many other girls in Waterhouse, had to stop after she had her first baby.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

His music could stop his disease from worsening.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

How does emily feel about stopping training?.

2018年高考英语全国卷2 听力 题设

I find it hard to stop! Dancing reminds me I'm alive.

2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 七选五 原文

I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused to stop until we reached the next stop.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

I stopped teaching and opened it up.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

If I were you, I would tell her to stop.

2016年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

If it were not stopped, that long train, full of passengers, would fall into the stream.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

I'm talking about people who have stopped learning on growing because they have adopted the fixed attitudes and opinions that all too often come with passing years.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

It forces fishermen to stop catching fish around Christmas.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

It was usually because I had let fear of failure stop me from trying at all.

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

It's about two sisters - Eri, a model who either won't or can't stop sleeping,and Mari, a young student.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

I've decided to stop playing ping-pong until it feels better.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

Like me, this woman was here to stop, sigh and appreciate the view.

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Living materials can stop light because they contain pigments that absorb specific colors of light.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Naomi heard multiple stops and starts, Steve struggling, searching while his wife joni called him "honey" and encouraged him.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Naomi put a small recorder near the piano, starts and stops and mistakes.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Now, let's stop talking and get going.

2015年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

One day, the bombing stopped and the soldiers left.

2017年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 完形填空 原文

One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about being late for school.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

Others absorb light, stopping it dead in its tracks.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Rebound headaches start whenever you stop taking the medicine.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 听力 原文

She couldn't help but stop mom from reading.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

Stop listening to other people's songs.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 听力 原文

Stop people from breaking traffic rules.

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

Stop regarding yourself as the victim.

2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 选项

That isn't a reason to stop, it's just the mind, that little man or woman on your shoulder, trying to talk you out of something again.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The bus hit a lamp post and it broke the glass on the front door before Harvold managed to bring the bus to a stop.

2017年高考英语浙江卷(11月) 完形填空 原文

The exhibition tells us why we should do something to stop air pollution.

2015年高考英语四川卷 单项填空 原文

The first step in awakening senses is to stop predicting what we are going to see and feel before it occurs.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The global warming tread cannot be stopped.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

The heart-stopping moment was quickly followed by mental math.

2019年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

The night she won olympic gold in Beijing, the routine murders in Waterhouse and the drug wars in the neighbouring streets stopped.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The processes take place to stop our brains becoming loaded with memories.

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 选项

The reason for the explosion is not that people have been reproducing like rabbits, but that people have stopped dropping dead like flies.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

The result is that people stop driving before they really need to.

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The wind blew non-stop, and all the food I ate, and the very air I breathed, were filled with sand, sand, sand!

2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 完形填空 原文

There were many people waiting at the bus stop, and some of them looked very anxious and disappointed.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

Therefore, when a person from one of these cultures is speaking and suddenly stops, what Maybe implied is that the person wants the listener to consider what has been said before continuing.

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

They didn't stop youngsters from staying up late.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

They use microcomputers without a stop.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

This delicious tour goes through the city on its way to treasure island where we will stop at the famous Winery SF.

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Until we don't stop climate change, many animals and plants in the world will be gone.

2018年高考英语北京卷 单项填空 原文

Welch needed medicine as soon as possible to stop other kids from getting sick.

2016年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

When I ask him to please put down the phone and stop ignoring me, he says, "In a minute," but still checks to see if someone has posted something new on the Internet.

2015年高考英语上海卷 语法填空 B 原文

Yet knowing we can have more can also create a problem, because when we go to change the way we do things, up come the old patterns and pitfalls that stopped us from seeking what we wanted in the first place.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Getting a DNT signal does not oblige anyone to stop tracking, although some companies have promised to do so.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

A judge has now overruled the city's decision to stop levying fines, ordering them reinstated.

2020年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

But senior medical figures want to stop fast-food outlets opening near schools, restrict advertising of products high in fat, salt or sugar, and limit sponsorship of sports events by fast-food producers such as McDonald's.

2011年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

DeSombre isn't saying people should stop caring about the environment.

2019年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Failures stop us only if we let them.

2020年考研真题(英语二)翻译 Section Ⅲ

Fast-food chains should also stop offering "inducements" such as toys, cute animals and mobile phone credit to lure young customers, Stephenson said.

2011年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

If you are surrounded by problems and cannot stop thinking about the past, try to focus on the present moment.

2015年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

It cost less than a fiver but she was overjoyed, and couldn't stop talking about it.

2016年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Plenty of other species are able to learn, and one of the things they've apparently learned is when to stop.

2009年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

Stop laughing: It's not just cost effective but helps you balance your diet.

2013年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The complaints are unlikely to stop without an overhaul of immigration rules for farm workers.

2019年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The decision to stop weighing myself every day has done wonders for my overall health, fitness and well-being.

2019年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. the event of something ending;

    "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"

  • 2. the act of stopping something;

    "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"

    "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"

  • 3. a brief stay in the course of a journey;

    "they made a stopover to visit their friends"

  • 4. the state of inactivity following an interruption;

    "the negotiations were in arrest"

    "held them in check"

    "during the halt he got some lunch"

    "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"

    "he spent the entire stop in his seat"

  • 5. a spot where something halts or pauses;

    "his next stop is Atlanta"

  • 6. a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it;

    "his stop consonants are too aspirated"

  • 7. a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations;

    "in England they call a period a stop"

  • 8. (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes;

    "the organist pulled out all the stops"

  • 9. a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens;

    "the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically"

  • 10. a restraint that checks the motion of something;

    "he used a book as a stop to hold the door open"

  • 11. an obstruction in a pipe or tube;

    "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"

Verb
  • 1. come to a halt, stop moving;

    "the car stopped"

    "She stopped in front of a store window"

  • 2. put an end to a state or an activity;

    "Quit teasing your little brother"

  • 3. stop from happening or developing;

    "Block his election"

    "Halt the process"

  • 4. interrupt a trip;

    "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"

    "they stopped for three days in Florence"

  • 5. cause to stop;

    "stop a car"

    "stop the thief"

  • 6. prevent completion;

    "stop the project"

    "break off the negociations"

  • 7. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of;

    "Arrest the downward trend"

    "Check the growth of communism in Sout East Asia"

    "Contain the rebel movement"

    "Turn back the tide of communism"

  • 8. seize on its way;

    "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

  • 9. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;

    "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"

    "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"

    "My property ends by the bushes"

    "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

  • 10. render unsuitable for passage;

    "block the way"

    "barricade the streets"

    "stop the busy road"

  • 11. stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments;

    "Hold on a moment!"

反义词

vt. & vi.停止,中断

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