| 释义 |
stoppo|ˈstɒpəʊ|
[f. stop n.2 or v. + -o2.]
1. slang. A rest from work.
1938J. Phelan Lifer xii. 120 What's the chances for a ‘stoppo’, Reg?
2. Criminals' slang. An escape, a get-away, esp. in phrase to take stoppo, to make a rapid escape in order to avoid detection. Freq. attrib., with reference to rapid escape by car, in stoppo car, stoppo driver, stoppo man.
1935G. Ingram Cockney Cavalcade v. 78 ‘I took stop-o.’ In other words, ran away from the police. 1949Partridge Dict. Underworld 712/1 Take stoppo, to be obliged to run away... To take heed when the look-out cries ‘Stop!’ 1974Listener 7 Nov. 595/3 Boys who are going to be stoppo drivers—driving stolen escape cars. 1975M. Kenyon Mr Big xx. 192 Walk, then, to the stoppo car... And wait... Till Slicker comes. 1978J. Gardner Dancing Dodo xxxv. 279 Dobson..held the clutch down, took off the hand brake and let his toe press gently on the accelerator... ‘It's a stoppo man's take-off,’ the instructor said. |