| 单词 | stop |
| 释义 | stop I. transitive verb 1. a. obsolete < still the envious flood stopped in my soul, and would not let it forth — Shakespeare > b. < stop the inlets of fresh experience — Roger Fry > < applied a styptic pencil to stop the blood > c. < weather-stripped the windows to stop drafts > < most of the rain is stopped by the outer hills — Francis Kingdon-Ward > d. < treats the male natives with bluster and hard knocks, even at the risk of stopping a shovel-headed spear — Leslie Rees > < easy to stop a bullet along a lonely stretch of road — Harvey Fergusson > < stopped one in the last battle of the war > 2. chiefly Scotland 3. a. (1) < sometimes they refuse to listen, and are seen to stop their ears — B.N.Cardozo > — often used with up < the entrance to the cave was stopped up with rocks > (2) < stopped the earths in the neighboring fields before the hunt > b. (1) < a narrow gangway, which one person could stop — Anthony Trollope > (2) < if your nose is badly stopped up for long, the infection may back up — X-Rays & You > c. (1) < the hole in the window was stopped with a piece of cardboard — Christopher Isherwood > < built of hewn logs, the interstices stoppedwith clay — American Guide Series: North Carolina > (2) < at nightfall stop the feet with wet tow — Richard Ford > (3) (4) chiefly Britain < gnashed his formidable jaws, gleaming with teeth which had been newly stopped — S.H.Adams > 4. a. < tried to stop him from continuing to make a fool of himself > < tried to stop her from spending so much time before the mirror > b. < pleaded with him to stop him from resigning > < stopped him from making a speech that would have ruined him > 5. a. < teach people how to stop burglaries in their homes or business places — Rufus Jarman > < unable to stop the noise of the children > < stopped the epidemic > b. < stopped work at noon > < the phone stopped ringing > c. < stopped the presses to put in a new lead story > d. < stopped him short as he was trying to explain his mistake > < stop me if you've heard this one before > 6. a. < each worker pays the equivalent of ten cents a week, which is stopped from his wages by the employer — D.W. & Jean Orr > b. < stop a check > < stop payment on a check > 7. a. < stopped him with an upraised fat hand — Kenneth Roberts > < was stopped in his tracks by a shout from the barn — Time > < the violation consists in stopping goods in interstate commerce — T.W.Arnold > < stopped the car > < stop thief > b. c. < missed his first shot, but stopped a bird with his second > d. (1) < stopped his last opponent in three rounds > (2) < stopped the opposing team by a wide margin > e. < handles at a fast clip questions that have stopped the industrial experts — New York Times > 8. a. b. 9. a. b. 10. chiefly Britain 11. a. < stopped his spades > b. (1) (2) < the double ace of spades stops 100 aces and a spade flush > 12. chiefly Britain intransitive verb 1. a. < the motor stopped > < the rain stopped > < his heart stopped > b. < carried his bow over his shoulder, but the resemblance to the accepted picture stopped there — T.B.Costain > < then the din gradually dies down, the music stops — Lafcadio Hearn > c. < the blue jacket stopping at his waist — Wirt Williams > < the highway stops in the middle of nowhere > d. < it doesn't end; it stops — Arnold Bennett > 2. a. < stopping for a moment in his walk — Edith Sitwell > < the horse stopped short at the fence > < stopped dead to listen for a suspicious sound > b. < stopped for a while to have lunch > < stopped short when he discovered his error > < stopped to catch his breath > c. < had she stopped to think, she would have recalled … the plank there — Laura Krey > 3. a. < doesn't stop at the most outrageous lies > < stops at nothing to gain his ends > b. < his tactics succeeded for a while, but he didn't know where to stop > 4. a. (1) < decided to stop at the next roadside restaurant for lunch > — sometimes used with off < stoppedoff on the way home to pick up some food > (2) < decided to stop for a few days at the state park > — often used with over < stopped over to visit his cousins > (3) < the express train doesn't stop at this station > < the bus stops at the next corner > b. < arranged to stop at a hotel — Agnes S. Turnbull > c. chiefly Britain < she'd stop in bed all morning — Rosamond Lehmann > < his dad fell into that terrible rage with him because he had stopped out all night — Edith Sitwell > d. < suggested that she stop by that evening to talk things over — Polly Adler > 5. 6. < the sink stops up constantly because of the gooey messes the children pour into it > Synonyms: < the entrance of the judge, and a consequent great stir and settling-down in the court, stopped the dialogue — Charles Dickens > < you might as well try and stop a young tank — Rose Macaulay > cease may differ in applying to conditions, states, or existences rather than to actions or activities < stopped (but not ceased) the car > < the infielder stopped (but not ceased) the ball > but often the two are interchangeable < iron works … were erected here in 1795 but ceased activity in 1838 — American Guide Series: New Hampshire > < these people suddenly ceased muttering, but redoubled their gesticulations — E.A.Poe > cease may or may not carry with it the idea of gradual slow cessation of activity < the soft woman gradually ceased her chirp — George Meredith > < outside in the street all noises suddenly ceased — Sherwood Anderson > desist, a somewhat more formal word, is likely to indicate holding off, forebearing, refraining from going on, through self-restraint, consideration of others, expediency, or lack of success < had desisted in his effort to press love upon her because they were to be married — Sherwood Anderson > < swindler and murderer desisted because they felt the latent strength of his personality — Osbert Sitwell > discontinue is not a very expressive word; it stresses the fact of suspension of some activity, course, accustomed occupation, or habit and may be used more freely than others in this set with tangible objects < discontinue the manufacture of motorcycles or motorbikes as part of the company's manufactures > quit may suggest either finality or peremptoriness in a person's stopping an activity or employment or acceptance of defeat and futility in continuing an endeavor or struggle < such of the owners as were not wedded to the industry quit — P.A.Rollins > < had no thought of quitting the struggle — Sir Winston Churchill > Synonym: see in addition reside. • - stop one's mouth - stop the show II. 1. < his death put a stop to the project — J.W.Ellison b. 1891 > < time, that takes survey of all the world, must have a stop — Shakespeare > 2. a. (1) (2) (3) < pulled out all the stops > b. (1) (2) c. 3. < as soon as I had enough men I put out stops on the motor road — Yale Review > < a groove is made on one side of a length of bone or horn and a raised knob or stop is left at one end — Agnes Allen > as a. b. (1) (2) c. d. 4. a. (1) (2) b. c. (1) < secure a furled sail with stops > (2) d. e. (1) (2) 5. a. < the shortstop made a great stop on a hard grounder > < the train was brought to a sudden stop > b. c. 6. a. < a brief stop for mopping-up operations — Current Biography > < within six months she was mastering spirals, sit-down spins and stops — Time > b. < made a long stop to see the famous ruins > < the ship made a brief stop to refuel > c. < an old town by the sea is a must stop — Eleanor Early > specifically 7. a. chiefly Britain < if commas are used rightly the other stops will sort themselves out — Ernest Gowers > b. — used in telegrams and cables to indicate a period c. 8. a. (1) (2) b. 9. 10. a. b. stops plural but singular in construction 11. a. b. c. 12. chiefly Britain III. 1. < stop line > < stop signal > < stop valve > 2. < stop consonant > < stop articulation > IV. • - stop a stock |
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