| 释义 |
halt /hɔːlt/ also /hɒlt/► SEE ALLcall a halt (to sth)grind to a halt/standstillcome to a grinding haltstop/halt sb in their tracksstop/halt/freeze in your tracks●call a ˈhalt (to sth)stop an activity 叫停（某活动）；终止◆We must call a halt to people leaving work early without permission.我们必须阻止员工未经允许就提前下班。●grind to a ˈhalt/ˈstandstill●come to a grinding ˈhaltstop slowly 慢慢停下◆All work on the building has ground to a halt because of a shortage of materials.因为原材料短缺，所有的建筑工作都逐渐停了下来。◆Every Friday night traffic comes to a grinding halt in Hammersmith.每个周五的晚上，哈默史密斯都堵车，汽车简直开不动。 NOTE This idiom refers to the way a very large machine slowly stops working, with some of its parts grinding (= rubbing) together. 这个习语原指大型机械渐渐停下来时，某些部件因相互摩擦而嘎嘎作响。 ●stop/halt sb in their ˈtracks●stop/halt/freeze in your ˈtrackssuddenly make sb stop by frightening or surprising them; suddenly stop because sth has frightened or surprised you （使因恐惧或惊讶而）突然停下；（使）怔住◆The question stopped Alice in her tracks.这个问题把艾丽斯给问住了。◆The horse stopped dead in its tracks and refused to move.马突然停下来，一动也不肯动。 |