单词 | to make a stop |
释义 | > as lemmasto make a stop a. The act of coming to a stand; a halt in a journey or walk; a cessation of progress or onward movement. Often coupled with stay. to make a stop. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > state of cessation of movement > act of arrestc1385 stop?1575 stand1591 ?1575 T. Blundeville Newe Bk. Arte Ryding ii. iv. E v b I tolde you before, that you shuld trot your horse right out in the midle forowe betwixte the ringes vntill you come to the place of stop. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme civ. 68 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 160 Thou makst the sunne..Well knowe [MSS B, χ; MS A: knowes] the start, and stop of dayly race. a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rrrv/1 When he took leave now, he made a hundred stops. 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche ii. xxxiii. 16 How Kingdoms sprung, and how they made their stop I well observ'd. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 101 No stop, no stay, but Clouds of Sand arise. View more context for this quotation 1776 J. Entick Hist. London I. 489 The next stop was at a pageant at Leadenhall. 1805 W. Wordsworth Waggoner i. 36 Many a stop and stay he makes. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxv. 245 Mrs. Crummles advancing with that stage walk, which consists of a stride and a stop alternately. 1887 F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin 168 He [the pony] would check and counter-check in mid-career each break of the truant's with stops and turns so sudden, that once [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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