halt
noun
verb
hɔːlt
noun
1
a
stop
or
pause
Do
not
say
不要说 ‘get to a halt’. Say 而要说 ‘come to a halt’.
singular 单数
Heavy
snowfalls
brought
traffic
to
a
halt
(=made
it
stop
moving)
.
大雪使得交通陷于停顿。
The
World
Championship
was
brought
to
a
temporary
halt
(=was
stopped
from
continuing)
.
世界锦标赛被暂停。
come/grind/screech
etc
to
a
halt
(stop
moving
or
continuing)
停下/慢慢停下/发出尖锐的声音停下等
The
whole
peace
process
seems
to
have
ground
to
a
halt.
整个和平进程似乎已经停了下来。
The
car
skidded
to
a
halt.
汽车打着滑停了下来。
The
President
has
called
for
a
halt
to
the
wave
of
emigration.
总统呼吁暂停移民国外的热潮。
2
call a halt (to sth)
to
stop
an
activity
from
continuing
中止，停止
I
urge
those
responsible
to
call
a
halt
to
the
violence.
我敦促肇事者停止暴力行径。
3
a
place
in
the
countryside
where
a
train
stops
to
let
passengers
get
off,
but
where
there
is
no
station
[英] 〔乡村地区的〕小火车站
C | BrE
verb
4
to
prevent
someone
or
something
from
continuing
–
used
especially
in
news
reports
阻止〔尤用于新闻报道〕;
T
The
government
has
failed
to
halt
economic
decline.
政府没能阻止经济衰退。
Safety
concerns
have
led
them
to
halt
work
on
the
dam.
出于安全方面的担心，他们已经停止水坝的施工。
5
to
stop
moving
停下，停止
I
The
parade
halted
by
a
busy
corner.
游行队伍在一个热闹的拐角处停下了。
6
halt!
used
as
a
military
order
to
tell
someone
to
stop
moving
or
soldiers
to
stop
marching
〔口令〕站住！ 立定！
Company
halt!
全体立定！
Halt!
Who
goes
there?
站住！ 是谁？