halt

1. V-T/V-I When a person or a vehicle halts or when something halts them, they stop moving in the direction they were going and stand still. 使停住; 停住

They halted at a short distance from the house. 他们停在离房子不远处。

2. V-T/V-I When something such as growth, development, or activity halts or when you halt it, it stops completely. 使完全停止; 完全停止

Striking workers halted production at the auto plant yesterday. 昨天，汽车厂的罢工工人完全停止了生产。

3. V (esp of logic or verse) to falter or be defective (尤指逻辑或诗韵)有缺陷; 不流畅

4. N an interruption or end to activity, movement, or progress (活动、运动或进展的)中止; 终止

5. N lameness 跛; 瘸[archaic]

6. N/SENTENCE SUBSTITUTE a command to halt, esp as an order when marching 立定！; 停止前进！(尤用于行军中)

7. ADJ lame 跛的; 瘸的

8. ADJ (as collective noun; preceded by the) (用作集体名词，前面加)the

the halt

9. PHRASE If someone calls a halt to something such as an activity, they decide not to continue with it or to end it immediately. 决定停止

The Russian government had called a halt to the construction of a new project in the Rostov region. 俄罗斯政府已经决定停止在罗斯托夫地区的一个新工程的修建。

10. PHRASE If someone or something comes to a halt, they stop moving. 停止移动

The lift creaked to a halt at the ground floor. 电梯嘎吱一声停在了底楼。

11. PHRASE If something such as growth, development, or activity comes or grinds to a halt or is brought to a halt, it stops completely. 完全停止

Her political career came to a halt in December 1988. 她的政治生涯于1988年12月彻底结束了。