stop short

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To come to a sudden and unexpected stop, particularly while speaking or driving a vehicle.
    — He had only taken a step forward into the room when he again stopped short to exclaim.
  2. To voluntarily cease an attempt to reach a certain point. usually,with-of
    — Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
  3. To come to a stop before reaching a certain point. with-of
    — Thirteen people were injured in August 1957 when this Bristol freighter skidded on the runway at Southend Airport when landing with a flight from Calais. It ploughed through the boundary fence, but thankfully stopped short of the railway and the 1,500V overhead wires. A tripwire was installed on this section of Shenfield-Southend line to warn train drivers of instances such as this.

词形变化

stops short present,singular,third-person stopping short participle,present stopped short participle,past stopped short past
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