stop/stɒp/ (stopped, stopped; stopping)

vt

1. 停止；使中断；使停下

• He's trying to stop smoking. 他正在戒烟。

• She shouted to the children to stop making that noise. 她大声叫孩子们别再吵闹。

• We stopped the car outside the post office. 我们在邮局外停下车。

2. 阻止；阻挡

• Her parents stopped her from seeing him. 她的父母不让她见他。

• The guard stopped me at the gate. 门卫在大门口拦住了我。

• stop an enemy attack 挡住敌人进攻

3. 切断；停止

• stop supplies to the refugees 断绝对难民的供应

• If we don't pay the bill quickly, they might stop our electricity. 如果我们不赶快付账，他们可能会断我们的电。

4. 止血；阻塞

• We bandaged his wound to stop the bleeding. 我们给他包扎伤口止血。

• stop traffic 阻塞交通

vi

1. 终止；停下

• Stop or I'll shoot. 站住，否则我要开枪了。

• The road stops at the square. 这条路通到广场为止。

• The clock stopped. 钟停了。

2. 英非正式 顺道拜访；逗留；停留

• On my way home I stopped at the bank. 回家的途中我顺便去了趟银行。

• We stopped in Hong Kong for two days. 我们在香港逗留了两天。

• They invited me to stop for dinner. 他们请我留下吃晚饭。

3. 被堵塞；被塞住

• The drain stopped. 阴沟堵塞了。

词组stop by 顺便到（某处）

• stop by the shop 顺便去趟商店

• I invited him to stop by for one brief minute. 我请他过来坐坐。

stop down 保持低水平

• stop down one's excitement 抑制兴奋

stop in

1. 待在家里，不出门

• She stops in and takes care of the children the whole day. 她一整天都留在家里照看孩子。

2. 顺便拜访

• I stopped in to see him. 我顺道去看他。

3. 课后留校

• The whole class stopped in after school. 下课后全班都留下了。

stop off 中途停留，中途下车

• They stopped off for a few days in Beijing to see me. 中途他们在北京停留了几天来看我。

stop out

1. 呆在外面；在外面过夜

• He often stops out until midnight. 他常常在外面呆到半夜。

2. 继续罢工

• The workers decided to stop out until their demands were met. 工人们决定等到他们的要求得到满足后才复工。

stop over 中途停留

• We planned to stop over in England. 我们计划在英格兰稍作停留。

stop up

1. 堵塞，塞住

• My nose is stopped up. 我的鼻子不通气。

• The sewer stopped up. 下水道堵住了。

2. 熬夜

• She often stops up until her son gets home. 她常常等儿子回家后才睡。