| 单词 | a dead stop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa dead stop a. Characterized by complete and abrupt cessation of motion, action, or speech: as a dead stop, a sudden complete stop. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] immobilec1340 moveless1578 motionless1598 immotive1628 dead1647 signless1843 immotile1872 the world > action or operation > ceasing > [adjective] > characterized by abrupt cessation dead1647 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 18 Others..are at a dead stand. 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xliv. 155 My mule made a dead point. 1775 C. Burney Let. Mar. (1991) I. 181 My poor book—at a dead stop now. 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. i. xi. 63 There was a dead pause. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. ix. 140 The answer spoilt his joke, and brought him to a dead stop. < as lemmas |
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