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单词 stopless
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
stop /stɑp/USA pronunciation   v., stopped, stop•ping, n. 
v. 
  1. to cease from doing;
    finish (an activity):[+ verb-ing]I couldn't stop laughing at the joke.
  2. to (cause to) cease or come to an end: [+ object]to stop crime.[no object]The music stopped.
  3. to come to a stand, as in a course or journey: [no object]He stopped at the side of the road and watched the cars go by.[+ to + verb]They stopped to say hello.
  4. to interrupt or cut off:[+ object]Stop your work for just a moment, please.
  5. to halt for a stay or visit:[no object]They're stopping at a nice hotel.
  6. to cut off, intercept, or withhold:[+ object]to stop supplies.
  7. to keep back, restrain, or prevent:[+ object (+ from)]I couldn't stop him (from going).
  8. to (cause to) be prevented from proceeding, acting, or operating: [+ object]to stop a car.[no object]The car stopped when it ran out of gas.
  9. to (cause to) be blocked or closed off: [~ (+ up) + object]Something has stopped (up) the sink again.[+ object + up]Something has stopped it up again.[no object* ~ + up]The sink has stopped up again.
  10. [+ object] to close (a container, etc.) with a cork, plug, etc.
  11. (of the outer openings of the ears, nose, or mouth) to (cause to) be closed: [+ object (+ up)]My nose is stopped (up) and I can't breathe.[no object* ~ + up]My ears stop up in airplanes.
  12. Business to notify a bank to refuse payment of (a check) upon presentation:[+ object]He stopped payment on the check because the merchandise was broken.
  13. stop by or in, to make a brief visit: [no object]We stopped by to say hello.[+ by + object]We stopped by their house on the way through Indiana.
  14. stop off, [no object] to halt for a brief stay at some point on the way elsewhere.
  15. stop over, [no object]
    • to stop briefly, as overnight, in the course of a journey:They stopped over in Copenhagen.
    • to make a brief visit.

n. [countable]
  1. the act of stopping.
  2. a bringing to an end of movement, activity, or operation;
    end:Put a stop to that!
  3. a stay made at a place, as in the course of a journey:We had a brief stop in Oslo.
  4. Transporta place where vehicles halt to take on and let off passengers:a bus stop.
  5. a plug or other stopper for an opening.
  6. a device that serves to check or control movement or action in a mechanism.
  7. Businessan order to refuse payment of a check:Put a stop on that check.
  8. any of various marks used as punctuation at the end of a sentence, esp. a period.
Idioms
  1. Idioms pull out all the stops, to use every means available to accomplish something:At the end of the campaign he was pulling out all the stops: visiting every town and spending enormous sums on advertising.


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
stop  (stop),USA pronunciation v., stopped or (Archaic) stopt;
stop•ping;
 n. 

v.t. 
  1. to cease from, leave off, or discontinue:to stop running.
  2. to cause to cease;
    put an end to:to stop noise in the street.
  3. to interrupt, arrest, or check (a course, proceeding, process, etc.):Stop your work just a minute.
  4. to cut off, intercept, or withhold:to stop supplies.
  5. to restrain, hinder, or prevent (usually fol. by from):I couldn't stop him from going.
  6. to prevent from proceeding, acting, operating, continuing, etc.:to stop a speaker; to stop a car.
  7. to block, obstruct, or close (a passageway, channel, opening, duct, etc.) (usually fol. by up):He stopped up the sink with a paper towel. He stopped the hole in the tire with a patch.
  8. to fill the hole or holes in (a wall, a decayed tooth, etc.).
  9. to close (a container, tube, etc.) with a cork, plug, bung, or the like.
  10. to close the external orifice of (the ears, nose, mouth, etc.).
  11. Sport
    • to check (a stroke, blow, etc.);
      parry;
      ward off.
    • to defeat (an opposing player or team):The Browns stopped the Colts.
    • [Boxing.]to defeat by a knockout or technical knockout:Louis stopped Conn in the 13th round.
  12. Business[Banking.]to notify a bank to refuse payment of (a check) upon presentation.
  13. Games[Bridge.]to have an honor card and a sufficient number of protecting cards to keep an opponent from continuing to win in (a suit).
  14. Music and Dance
    • to close (a fingerhole) in order to produce a particular note from a wind instrument.
    • to press down (a string of a violin, viola, etc.) in order to alter the pitch of the tone produced from it.
    • to produce (a particular note) by so doing.

v.i. 
  1. to come to a stand, as in a course or journey;
    halt.
  2. to cease moving, proceeding, speaking, acting, operating, etc.;
    to pause;
    desist.
  3. to cease;
    come to an end.
  4. to halt for a brief visit (often fol. by at, in, or by):He is stopping at the best hotel in town.
  5. stop by, to make a brief visit on one's way elsewhere:I'll stop by on my way home.
  6. Photography stop down, (on a camera) to reduce (the diaphragm opening of a lens).
  7. stop in, to make a brief, incidental visit:If you're in town, be sure to stop in.
  8. stop off, to halt for a brief stay at some point on the way elsewhere:On the way to Rome we stopped off at Florence.
  9. stop out:
    • to mask (certain areas of an etching plate, photographic negative, etc.) with varnish, paper, or the like, to prevent their being etched, printed, etc.
    • to withdraw temporarily from school:Most of the students who stop out eventually return to get their degrees.
  10. stop over, to stop briefly in the course of a journey:Many motorists were forced to stop over in that town because of floods.

n. 
  1. the act of stopping.
  2. a cessation or arrest of movement, action, operation, etc.;
    end:The noise came to a stop. Put a stop to that behavior!
  3. a stay or sojourn made at a place, as in the course of a journey:Above all, he enjoyed his stop in Trieste.
  4. Transporta place where trains or other vehicles halt to take on and discharge passengers:Is this a bus stop?
  5. a closing or filling up, as of a hole.
  6. a blocking or obstructing, as of a passage or channel.
  7. a plug or other stopper for an opening.
  8. an obstacle, impediment, or hindrance.
  9. any piece or device that serves to check or control movement or action in a mechanism.
  10. Architecturea feature terminating a molding or chamfer.
  11. Business[Com.]
    • an order to refuse payment of a check.
    • See stop order. 
  12. Music and Dance
    • the act of closing a fingerhole or pressing a string of an instrument in order to produce a particular note.
    • a device or contrivance, as on an instrument, for accomplishing this.
    • (in an organ) a graduated set of pipes of the same kind and giving tones of the same quality.
    • Also called stop knob. a knob or handle that is drawn out or pushed back to permit or prevent the sounding of such a set of pipes or to control some other part of the organ.
    • (in a reed organ) a group of reeds functioning like a pipe-organ stop.
  13. Sportan individual defensive play or act that prevents an opponent or opposing team from scoring, advancing, or gaining an advantage, as a catch in baseball, a tackle in football, or the deflection of a shot in hockey.
  14. Nautical, Naval Termsa piece of small line used to lash or fasten something, as a furled sail.
  15. Phonetics
    • an articulation that interrupts the flow of air from the lungs.
    • a consonant sound characterized by stop articulation, as p, b, t, d, k, and g. Cf. continuant. 
  16. Photographythe diaphragm opening of a lens, esp. as indicated by an f- number.
  17. Building
    • See stop bead. 
    • doorstop (def. 2).
  18. any of various marks used as punctuation at the end of a sentence, esp. a period.
  19. the word "stop'' printed in the body of a telegram or cablegram to indicate a period.
  20. Games stops, (used with a sing. v.) a family of card games whose object is to play all of one's cards in a predetermined sequence before one's opponents.
  21. Zoologya depression in the face of certain animals, esp. dogs, marking the division between the forehead and the projecting part of the muzzle. See diag. under dog. 
  22. pull out all the stops:
    • to use every means available.
    • to express, do, or carry out something without reservation.
  • Greek stýppē
  • bef. 1000; Middle English stoppen (verb, verbal), Old English -stoppian (in forstoppian to stop up); cognate with Dutch, Low German stoppen, German stopfen; all Vulgar Latin *stuppāre to plug with oakum, derivative of Latin stuppa coarse hemp or flax
stopless, adj. 
stopless•ness, n. 
    • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Stop, arrest, check, halt imply causing a cessation of movement or progress (literal or figurative). Stop is the general term for the idea:to stop a clock.Arrest usually refers to stopping by imposing a sudden and complete restraint:to arrest development.Check implies bringing about an abrupt, partial, or temporary stop:to check a trotting horse.To halt means to make a temporary stop, esp. one resulting from a command:to halt a company of soldiers.
    • 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged thwart, obstruct, impede.
    • 16.See corresponding entry in Unabridged quit.
    • 26.See corresponding entry in Unabridged halt; termination.
    • 28.See corresponding entry in Unabridged terminal.
    • 33.See corresponding entry in Unabridged governor.
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged –3. start.

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