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stopping 音标拼音: [st'ɑpɪŋ] 停止 停止 stopping停止 阻止 stopping n 1: fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members [ synonym: { fillet}, { stopping}] 2: the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch; " the violinist' s stopping was excellent" Stop \ Stop\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Stopped}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Stopping}.] [ OE. stoppen, AS. stoppian ( in comp.); akin to LG. & D. stoppen, G. stopfen, Icel. stoppa, Sw. stoppa, Dan. stoppe; all probably fr. LL. stopare, stupare, fr. L. stuppa the coarse part of flax, tow, oakum. Cf. { Estop}, { Stuff}, { Stupe} a fomentation.] 1. To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way, road, or passage. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream, or a flow of blood. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity. [ 1913 Webster] Whose disposition all the world well knows Will not be rubbed nor stopped. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Mus.) To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part. [ 1913 Webster] 6. To point, as a composition; to punctuate. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] If his sentences were properly stopped. -- Landor. [ 1913 Webster] 7. ( Naut.) To make fast; to stopper. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To obstruct; hinder; impede; repress; suppress; restrain; discontinue; delay; interrupt. [ 1913 Webster] { To stop off} ( Founding), to fill ( a part of a mold) with sand, where a part of the cavity left by the pattern is not wanted for the casting. { To stop the mouth}. See under { Mouth}. [ 1913 Webster]
Stopping \ Stop" ping\, n. 1. Material for filling a cavity. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Mining) A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Far.) A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse' s hoof to keep it moist. -- Youatt. [ 1913 Webster]
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