| 词组 | stop off |
| 释义 | Idiom stop off (some place) Theme: TRAVEL to stop somewhere on the way to some other place.I stopped off at the store to buy milk on the way home.We stopped off for a few minutes and chatted with my uncle. Phr V stop off stops, stopping, stopped stop off to visit a place for a short time when you are going somewhere elseoften + inWe could stop off in Paris for a couple of days before heading south. often + atI'll stop off at the supermarket on the way home and get some wine. stop off to stop during a journey for example in order to see something or someone, or to have a rest: On the way back home, he stopped off to look at a house he was thinking of buying.+at/in etc Boats will take you up and down the river, stopping off at Richmond, Kew, and Greenwich.+for The driver's home was nearby, so they stopped off for a mint tea there.stop-off n C a short visit that you make during a journey, for example to rest or to see someone or something: The flight takes 14 hours with a stop-off in Singapore.stop-off adj a stop-off point or place is a place where you stop during a journey, especially to rest: The town is attractive and is a useful stop-off point on the route across the mountains. stop offTo briefly stop in or visit some place during the course of a journey. I thought it was a direct flight to Dublin, but we're actually stopping off in Denver. I need to stop off at the grocery store on my way back home. stop off (some place) (for a period of time)to halt or pause for a certain period of time. I need to stop off for a rest. Let's find a little town and stop off. I have to stop off at the store for a minute. We stopped off for a while at the park. stop offAlso, stop over. Interrupt a journey for a short stay somewhere, as in When we drove through Massachusetts we stopped off for a few days at Cape Cod, or When you're in the area try to stop over and see our new house. [Mid-1800s] stop offv. To interrupt one's course or journey briefly in order to visit or do business somewhere: I stopped off at the gas station on my way home. We stopped off in San Francisco for a night before continuing on to Honolulu. |
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