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)停止行進;(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)停止行進;(使)停住
They halted at a short distance from the house. [VERB]
他們在離房子不遠處停了下來。
The engine note changed as the aircraft landed, taxied and halted. [VERB]
發動機的聲音随着飛機着陸、滑行和停下一直在變化。
She held her hand out flat, to halt him. [VERB noun]
2V-ERG (使)(生長、發展、活動等)停止(或中止) When something such as growth, development, or activity halts or when you halt it, it stops completely. (使)(生長、發展、活動等)停止(或中止)
Striking workers halted production at the auto plant yesterday. [VERB noun]
罷工工人於昨日停止了汽車廠的生産。
He criticised the government for failing to halt economic decline. [VERB noun]
他批評政府未能遏止經濟下滑。
Exports have not been halted completely because another line is operational.
3VERB (軍隊口令)立定!站住!停止前進! 'Halt!' is a military order to stop walking or marching and stand still. (軍隊口令)立定!站住!停止前進!
The colonel ordered 'Halt!' [VERB]
上校命令道:“立定!”
4N-COUNT (只有小型站台、無建築物的)小火車站 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、無建築物的)小火車站 [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.
俄羅斯政府已叫停了羅斯托夫地區的一個新工程。
6PHRASE 停止移動;停下 If someone or something comes to a halt, they stop moving. 停止移動;停下
Sofia and Alex came to a halt and both tried to regain their breath.
索菲娅和亞歷克斯停了下來,兩人都想喘口氣。
The elevator creaked to a halt at the ground floor.
電梯嘎吱一聲停在了一層。
7PHRASE (使)(生長、發展、活動等)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)(生長、發展、活動等)完全停止
Her political career came to a halt in December 1988.
她的政治生涯於1988年12月畫上了句號。
Air traffic in Poland has been brought to a halt by an air traffic controllers' strike.