| 单词 | stop dead |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stop dead a. intransitive. To cease from onward movement, to come to a stand or position of rest. More emphatically to stop dead, stop short (see dead adv. 1b, short adv.). Said of a person or other living creature, also of an inanimate thing driven or propelled. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > cease to move or become motionless > come to a stand or stop abideOE atstandc1000 steveneta1225 atstuntc1230 to make, take, etc., stallc1275 stema1300 astandc1314 withstanda1325 stintc1374 arrestc1400 stotec1400 stayc1440 steadc1475 stop short1530 disadvance1610 come1611 consist1611 check1635 halt1656 to bring to1697 to draw up1767 to bring up1769 to pull up1781 to fetch up1838 to come to a standstill1852 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 736/2 I stoppe, as a horse or cart doth, whan they be goyng on the way, je jocque. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. i. 38 After him came spurring hard, A gentleman..That stopt by me to breathe his bloudied horse. View more context for this quotation 1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love iv. i. 41 As some faint Pilgrim..Sometimes resolv'd to fetch his leap; and then Runs to the Bank, but there stops short agen. 1709 Tatler No. 114. ⁋1 I saw a Coach stop at my Door. 1736 T. Gray Let. 8 May in Corr. T. Gray & W. Mason (1853) 3 Sure flew the disc from his unerring hand, Nor stopp'd till it had cut the further strand. 1770 R. Cumberland West Indian i. vi Stop, stay a little, Charles, whither are you going in such haste? 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. v. 116 He again paced the room in silence, stopped, filled, and drank a cup of wine. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. xii. 294 Pulling the reins with all his might, and ejaculating, ‘Stop! stop!’ 1852 F. S. Williams Our Iron Roads x. 227 On a train stopping, or travelling slowly through an intermediate station. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xii Sebastian Cabota,..being in want of provisions, stopped short at the mouth of that mighty South American river. 1907 J. H. Patterson Man-eaters of Tsavo xv. 169 All of a sudden, however, the jackal stopped dead for a second, and then made off out of sight. to stop dead b. Of a machine, etc.: To cease working or going. Also to stop dead. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of things, actions, or processes > specifically of a machine or mechanism standc1175 to run down1665 stop1789 seize1878 to go phut1888 to cut out1910 conk1917 cut1938 trip out1940 phut1959 1789 W. Cowper Let. 18 July (1982) III. 303 Your Clock in the Hall has stopp'd. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby ii. 7 My watch has stopped. 1903 A. Maclaren Last Sheaves 182 You have weaving machines..that whenever a thread breaks stop dead. < as lemmas |
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