	The car stopped at the traffic lights. 汽车在交通信号灯前停了下来。
	We stopped for the night in Port Augusta. 我们中途在奥古斯塔港停留过夜。
	He was stopped by the police for speeding. 他因超速行驶被警察截住了。

不继续not continue

2.	[i][t] （使）中断，停止to no longer continue to do sth; to make sb/sth no longer do sth

	That phone never stops ringing! 那个电话没有不响的时候！
	Please stop crying and tell me what's wrong. 快别哭了，告诉我出了什么事。
	She criticizes everyone and the trouble is, she doesn't know when to stop . 她谁都批评；而且，问题是她批评起来就没个完。
	Can't you just stop? 你就不能停一停吗？
	Stop me(= make me stop talking) if I'm boring you. 你要是觉得我烦就打断我。
	Stop it! You're hurting me. 住手！你把我弄疼了。
	Mike immediately stopped what he was doing. 迈克立刻停下手头的事情。

结束end

3.	[i][t] （使）结束，终止to end or finish; to make sth end or finish

	When is this fighting going to stop? 这场战斗要打到什么时候？
	The bus service stops at midnight. 公共汽车午夜停止服务。
	Has it stopped raining yet? 雨停了没有？
	Doctors couldn't stop the bleeding. 医生止不住血。
	The referee was forced to stop the game because of heavy snow. 由于下大雪，裁判被迫终止了比赛。

阻止prevent

4.	[t] 阻止；阻碍；阻拦；防止to prevent sb from doing sth; to prevent sth from happening

	I want to go and you can't stop me. 我要走，你拦不住我。
	We need more laws to stop pollution. 我们需要制定更多法律来防止污染。
	There's no stopping us now(= nothing can prevent us from achieving what we want to achieve) . 现在什么都无法阻挡我们了。
	There's nothing to stop you from accepting the offer. 你尽可以接受那个提议。
	You can't stop people from saying what they think. 人们怎么想就会怎么说，你阻止不了。
	You can't stop people saying what they think. 人们怎么想就会怎么说，你阻止不了。

短时间for short time

5.	暂停，暂时中断（以便做某事）to end an activity for a short time in order to do sth

	I'm hungry. Let's stop for lunch. 我饿了。我们停下来吃午饭吧。
	We stopped to admire the scenery. 我们中途停下来欣赏一下风景。
	People just don't stop to think about the consequences. 人们做事情就是不肯停下来想想后果。

不工作not function

6.	[i][t] （使）停止工作，停止运转to no longer work or function; to make sth no longer work or function

	Why has the engine stopped? 发动机怎么停了？
	I felt as if my heart had stopped. 我觉得我的心好像都不跳了。
	I stopped the tape and pressed rewind. 我停了磁带，按下倒回键。

逗留stay

7.	[i] (informal) 逗留，待，留下（做某事）to stay somewhere for a short time, especially at sb's house

	I'm not stopping. I just came to give you this message. 我不待了。我就是来告诉你这件事。
	Can you stop for tea? 你能留下来喝茶吗？

钱money

8.	[t] 止付；停付；扣除to prevent money from being paid

	to stop a cheque(= tell the bank not to pay it) 通知银行止付支票
	Dad threatened to stop £1 a week from our pocket money if we didn't clean our rooms. 父亲威胁说，我们要是不把自己的房间收拾干净，他就每星期扣我们 1 英镑的零花钱。

堵塞洞孔close hole

9.	[t] ~ sth (up) (with sth) 堵塞；塞住；阻塞to block, fill or close a hole, an opening, etc.

	Stop up the other end of the tube, will you? 你把管子的另一头堵上好不好？
	I stopped my ears but still heard her cry out. 我捂上耳朵，但还能听见她大声喊叫。

IDM

stop at nothing

不择手段to be willing to do anything to get what you want, even if it is dishonest or wrong

stop the clock

（在计时比赛或活动中）停表to stop measuring time in a game or an activity that has a time limit

He stopped short when he heard his name.

听见有人喊他的名字，他突然停住了。

stop short|stop sb short

（使）突然停住to suddenly stop, or make sb suddenly stop, doing sth

He stopped short when he heard his name.

听见有人喊他的名字，他突然停住了。

She stopped short of calling the president a liar.

她差一点儿没说总统是骗子。

stop short of sth/of doing sth

差一点儿没做某事；险些做出某事to be unwilling to do sth because it may involve a risk, but to nearly do it

She stopped short of calling the president a liar.

她差一点儿没说总统是骗子。

停止；阻止act of stopping

1.	停止；终止；停留；阻止an act of stopping or stopping sth; the state of being stopped

	The trip included an overnight stop in Brussels. 这次旅行需要在布鲁塞尔停留过夜。
	She brought the car to a stop . 她停住汽车。
	Work has temporarily come to a stop while the funding is reviewed. 资金审查期间工作暂停。
	It is time to put a stop to the violence. 现在是终止暴行的时候了。
	Babies do not grow at a steady rate but in stops and starts . 婴儿成长的速度并非一成不变，而是长长停停，停停长长。

公共汽车；火车of bus/train

2.	车站a place where a bus or train stops regularly for passengers to get on or off

	I get off at the next stop. 我在下一站下车。
	Is this your stop? 你在这一站下车吗？

音乐music

3.	（管风琴的）音管a row of pipes on an organ that produce the different sounds

4.	（管风琴的）音栓a handle on an organ that the player pushes in or pulls out to control the sound produced by the pipes

语音学phonetics

5.	塞音a speech sound made by stopping the flow of air coming out of the mouth and then suddenly releasing it, for examplep, k, t