stop的英文释义Noun 1. the event of something ending;
it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill2. the act of stopping something;
the third baseman made some remarkable stopshis stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood3. a brief stay in the course of a journey;
they made a stopover to visit their friends4. the state of inactivity following an interruption;
the negotiations were in arrestheld them in checkduring the halt he got some lunchthe momentary stay enabled him to escape the blowhe spent the entire stop in his seat5. a spot where something halts or pauses;
his next stop is Atlanta6. a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it;
his stop consonants are too aspirated7. 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 stop8. (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes;
the organist pulled out all the stops9. a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens;
the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically10. a restraint that checks the motion of something;
he used a book as a stop to hold the door open11. an obstruction in a pipe or tube;
we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipeVerb 1. come to a halt, stop moving;
the car stoppedShe stopped in front of a store window2. put an end to a state or an activity;
Quit teasing your little brother3. stop from happening or developing;
Block his electionHalt the process4. interrupt a trip;
we stopped at Aunt Mary's housethey stopped for three days in Florence5. cause to stop;
stop a carstop the thief6. prevent completion;
stop the projectbreak off the negociations7. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of;
Arrest the downward trendCheck the growth of communism in Sout East AsiaContain the rebel movementTurn back the tide of communism8. seize on its way;
The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace9. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bedYour rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of otherMy property ends by the bushesThe symphony ends in a pianissimo10. render unsuitable for passage;
block the waybarricade the streetsstop the busy road11. stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments;
Hold on a moment!