stopper

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈstɒp.ə/    美 /ˈstɔp.ə/|/ˈstɑ.pɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone or something that stops something.
    — “It just shows you what women are like. A frightful sex, Bertie. There ought to be a law. I hope to live to see the day when women are no longer allowed.” “That would rather put a stopper on keeping the human race going, wouldn't it?” “Well, who wants to keep the human race going?”
  2. A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
    — Put a stopper in the knot.
  3. A bung or cork.
    — We need a stopper or the boat will sink.
  4. Goalkeeper. informal
    — He's the number one stopper in the country.
  5. In the commodity futures market, someone who is long (owns) a futures contract and is demanding delivery because they want to take possession of the deliverable commodity. slang
    — Cattle futures: spillover momentum plus evidence of a strong stopper (i.e., 96 loads demanded) should kick the opening higher.
  6. A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
    — The local train was empty at midday. She changed at Yatton and caught a stopper into Bristol. There was an express calling at Exeter which left Bristol at twelve-forty-five and she caught it by the skin of her teeth.
  7. Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies.
    — Red Stopper. Leaves ovate-oblong, contracted at the apex into long points, coriaceous. Eugenia Garber
  8. A short rope for making something fast.
  9. A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.
动词 v.
  1. To close a container by using a stopper.
    — He tightly stoppered the decanter, thinking the expensive liqueur had been evaporating.

词形变化

stoppers plural stoppers present,singular,third-person stoppering participle,present stoppered participle,past stoppered past

词汇关系

近义词
local stopping train
反义词
fast express

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English s-
English top
English stop
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English stopper
From stop + -er.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English s-
English top
English stop
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English stopper
From stop + -er.
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