threatened to stop £1 a week
from our pocket money if we didn’t clean our rooms. % jgfc
i&, d J? j§ X IE S
►
CLOSE HOLE ft fiNfL 9 [VN] ~ sth (up)
(with sth) to block, fill or close a hole, an opening, etc. itH; lift;
®LH: Stop up the other end of the tube, will you? # jG If :F
£fj
^
i# X X £? ? Of stopped my ears but still heard her
cry out. fliif&B/T
iraai stop at nothing to be willing to do
anything to get what you want, even if it is dishonest or wrong X .stop the clock to stop measuring time
in a game or an activity that has a time limit ( fEifRf
ft# ^
'?S zj!J X ) & 3k .stop short | stop sb short to suddenly stop, or
make sb suddenly stop, doing sth ( )
5$?$*#ft: He stopped
short when he heard his
name. tffjSL^Tfifestop short of sth/of doing
sth to
be unwilling to do sth because it
may involve a risk, but
to nearly do it H - * J L '/£ 1$ M
# ; P& &
It it} V : She stopped short of calling the president ai liar.
ftfejg—— more at track n. u:i;yi ,stop by (sth) to make a short visit
somewhere )1 i f f ; M j& ifr ift : I'll stop by this
evening for a chat. 0 Could you
stop
by the store on the way
home for some bread? @ MHifc tiXfMiM«J£S^,6ffife? .stop in (BrE, informal) to
stay at home rather than go out (
X^bib )
stop off at/in to make a short visit
somewhere during a trip in order to do sth )
:
We stopped off at a hotel for the night.
—.stop 'out {BrE, informal) to stay out late at
night .stop 'over (at/in ...) to
stay somewhere for a short
time during a long journey ( -fei£S£frfE3££t ) [§:
I wanted to stop over in
£
£p JEt! i? o — related noun stopover , stop 'up {BrE, informal) to stay up late iSBi
m noun
►
ACT OF STOPPING if ih: ffl. jf 1 an act of stopping or
stopping sth; the state of being stopped it; lb;
if ; IS it : The trip
included an overnight stop in
the car to a stop. hikff{ifVl:a 0 Work has
temporarily come to a stop while the funding is reviewed,
^
lalXfp 0 It is time to put a
stop to the violence.
0 Babies do not grow at a steady rate but in stops and
starts.
ftW&teo —see also
NON-STOP,
WHISTLE-STOP
►
OF BUS/TRAIN ;
1. 2 a place where a bus or
train stops regularly for
passengers to get on or off X
:
J get off at the next stop. 0 Is this
your stop? Ifofej&—3£XX^? — see also bus
stop, pit
STOP,
REQUEST STOP
►
PUNCTUATION fafift
! 3
{BrE) = FULL STOP
►
MUSIC A X 4 a row of pipes on an
organ that produce
the different sounds ( f ) #11 5a handle on
an organ that the player
pushes in or pulls out to control the sound produced by the pipes ( If )
►
PHONETICS if i 6 a speech sound made
by stopping the flow of air coming out of the mouth and then suddenly releasing
it, for example /p, k, t/ H # HTT1 plosive — see also glottal stop
Tim see full
stop, pull v.
stop-cock /'stDpkDk; NAmE
'sta:pka:k/ (also cock) noun a tap that controls
the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe ( )
MMx -t£&
stop-gap /'stDpgaep; NAmE
'sta:p-/ noun something that you use or do for a short time while you are
looking for sth better ; itffiN'IifbWXH:
The arrangement
was only intended as a
stopgap.
IBo
0 a stopgap measure liftB'tflffifc
,stop-'go adj. [usually before
noun] {BrE, disapproving) 1 starting and then stopping W W
(tfJ : stop-go driving in heavy traffic
^ 2 used to describe the policy of
first restricting and then encouraging economic activity and growth ( #
)
%% WM $IJ M : the damaging stop-go
economic cycle
'stop light noun [C] 1 (BrE) a red traffic light X fT; K jtT 2 (also stop-lights [pi.]) (NAmE) = traffic LIGHT 3 {NAmE) = BRAKE LIGHT stop-over /'stDpaov0(r); NAmE 'staipou-/ {NAmE also layover) noun a short stay somewhere between two parts
of a journey : We had a two-day
stopover in
MTMX
stop-page /'stnpid3; NAmE 'sta:p-/ noun 1 [C] a situation in which people stop working as part of a protest or
strike if X; HX 2 [C] {sport ff) an
interruption in the game for a particular reason X Hr It #: Play resumed quickly
after the stoppage. „
o stoppage time (= added on at the end of the game if there have been stoppages) tt # X Bf N 3 [C] a situ
ation in which sth does
not move forward or is blocked ±tH; PHH: a stoppage of blood to the heart ilftXjUl
4 stoppages [pi.] {old-fashioned, BrE, formal) an amount of money that an employer takes from people’s wages for tax
and other payments ( X $r X
stop per /’stDpa(r); NAmE 'staip-/ {NAmE also plug) noun an object that fits into the top of a
bottle to close it M — picture o laboratory o note at lid ► stop-per
verb [VN]
'stopping train noun (BrE) a train that stops at a lot of stations between main stations ( ) fiiX
stop 'press noun [U] late news that is added to a newspaper after printing has begun (
jf£K?F£PJj5ilt5N‘ISA
m ) simt
'stop street noun (SAfrE) a place where one road joins or crosses another at which there is a sign
indicating that vehicles must stop before continuing 'stop volley noun (in tennis p«I^) a shot played from close to the net,
before the ball bounces, in which you send the ball only a short distance back over the net so
your opponent cannot reach it [«] pjij lie lIj
(
a, )
stop-watch /'stnpwntj; NAmE 'sta:pwa:tJ7 noun a watch that you
can stop and start by pressing buttons, in order to time a race, etc.
accurately (
#^5 5^^
Storage /'sto:rid3/
noun [U] 1 the process of keeping sth in a particular place until it is
needed; the space where things can be kept !)£#, t’M ( X|b] ) : tables that fold flat
for storage (ITX # #f # # 0 There’s a lot of
storage space in the loft. ^ ^ S |a] „ 0
food storage facilities 0 We need more
storage now. — see also
cold storage 2 {computing if) the process of keeping information, etc. on a computer; the way it is
kept # ft ( fT & ) : the storage
and retrieval of information
o data storage 3 the process of
paying to keep
furniture, etc. in a special building until you want it ft# H: When we moved we had
to put our furniture in storage for a while. f£f]X#XiE
'storage battery noun {NAmE) = accumulator^) 'storage heater noun {BrE) an electric heater that stores heat when electricity is cheaper, for example at night
Store /sto:(r)/
noun,
verb
m noun 1 [C] a large shop that
sells many different types of goods ( A SI ) if ® : a big department store
ASiWfWlS —see also chain
store, variety store 2 [C] {NAmE) a
shop, large or small fgf.JJI ; 0 : a
health food store liquor store
— see also consignment store,
convenience store, general store, package store 3 [C] a quantity or
supply of sth that you have and use I& ffl $7: her secret store of chocolate O a
vast store of knowledge fa M ffliU 4 [pi.] stores goods of a
particular kind or for a particular purpose ( ® if ) ^rRi, Ml p°p : medical stores IMJf ffl no