Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense, 3rd person singular present tense halts, present participle halting, past tense, past participle halted
1V-ERG (使)停止行进;(使)停住 When a person or a vehicle halts or when something halts them, they stop moving in the direction they were going and stand still. (使)停止行进;(使)停住
They halted at a short distance from the house. [VERB]
他们在离房子不远处停了下来。
The engine note changed as the aircraft landed, taxied and halted. [VERB]
发动机的声音随着飞机着陆、滑行和停下一直在变化。
She held her hand out flat, to halt him. [VERB noun]
2V-ERG (使)(生长、发展、活动等)停止(或中止) When something such as growth, development, or activity halts or when you halt it, it stops completely. (使)(生长、发展、活动等)停止(或中止)
Striking workers halted production at the auto plant yesterday. [VERB noun]
罢工工人于昨日停止了汽车厂的生产。
He criticised the government for failing to halt economic decline. [VERB noun]
他批评政府未能遏止经济下滑。
Exports have not been halted completely because another line is operational.
3VERB (军队口令)立定!站住!停止前进! 'Halt!' is a military order to stop walking or marching and stand still. (军队口令)立定!站住!停止前进!
The colonel ordered 'Halt!' [VERB]
上校命令道:“立定!”
4N-COUNT (只有小型站台、无建筑物的)小火车站 A halt is a very small station on a country railway line, which often consists only of a short platform and no building. (只有小型站台、无建筑物的)小火车站 [British]
5PHRASE 下令停止;叫停 If someone calls a halt to something such as an activity, they decide not to continue with it or to end it immediately. 下令停止;叫停
The Russian government had called a halt to the construction of a new project in the Rostov region.
俄罗斯政府已叫停了罗斯托夫地区的一个新工程。
6PHRASE 停止移动;停下 If someone or something comes to a halt, they stop moving. 停止移动;停下
Sofia and Alex came to a halt and both tried to regain their breath.
索菲娅和亚历克斯停了下来,两人都想喘口气。
The elevator creaked to a halt at the ground floor.
电梯嘎吱一声停在了一层。
7PHRASE (使)(生长、发展、活动等)完全停止 If something such as growth, development, or activity comes or grinds to a halt or is brought to a halt, it stops completely. (使)(生长、发展、活动等)完全停止
Her political career came to a halt in December 1988.
她的政治生涯于1988年12月画上了句号。
Air traffic in Poland has been brought to a halt by an air traffic controllers' strike.