halt

n.停止，中止；暂停；小火车站

vt.使停止；使中断；阻止；使立定

vi.停止，立定；犹豫

verb

1. （使）停止，停下
   to stop; to make sb/sth stop
   1. She walked towards him and then halted.
      她向他走去，然后停下。
   2. ‘Halt!’ the Major ordered (= used as a command to soldiers) .
      “立定！”少校发出命令。
   3. The police were halting traffic on the parade route.
      警察正阻止车辆在游行路线上行驶。
   4. The trial was halted after the first week.
      第一周结束后，审判暂停。

noun

1. 停止；阻止；暂停
   an act of stopping the movement or progress of sb/sth
   1. Work came to a halt when the machine broke down.
      机器一坏，工作便停了下来。
   2. The thought brought her to an abrupt halt .
      她一想到这个便猛地停下了。
   3. The car skidded to a halt.
      汽车打滑后停了下来。
   4. Strikes have led to a halt in production.
      罢工已经使生产陷于停顿。
   5. They decided it was time to call a halt to the project (= stop it officially) .
      他们决定该叫停这项工程了。
2. 小火车站（只有站台）
   a small train station in the country that has a platform but no buildings

vi. 停止；立定；踌躇，犹豫 n. 停止；立定；休息 vt. 使停止；使立定 n. (Halt)人名；(德、芬)哈尔特

过去分词:halted 过去式:halted 第三人称单数:halts 现在分词:halting 名词复数形式:halts

halt 停止，停下halt 跛行，踌躇

来自古法语halte,停下，词源同hold.即使停止，停下。来自PIE*kel,砍，切，词源同half,cleave.即砍成两半的，引申词义跛行，踌躇。

1. Operating systems can be brought to a halt by a Trojan Horse.
   操作系统可能会因为木马病毒的攻击而中止。
2. The recession brought an abrupt halt to this happiness
   经济衰退让这幸福戛然而止。
3. What was needed, he said, was decisive action to halt what he called these savage crimes.
   他说，当务之急就是采取果断行动制止他所称的“这些野蛮罪行”。
4. The Boeing 767 had barely taxied to a halt before its doors were flung open
   这架波音767刚刚停住，它的舱门就弹开了。
5. She braked to a halt and switched off.
   她刹车停下，然后将车熄火。
6. The peace process has ground to a halt while Israel struggles to form a new government.
   当以色列竭力组建新政府的时候，和平进程已经陷于停顿。
7. The tanks ground to a halt after a hundred yards because the fuel had been siphoned out.
   由于燃油被人抽走，这些坦克行驶了100码后又轰隆隆地缓缓停了下来。
8. A car will come to a grinding halt if you put water in the petrol tank.
   如果把水灌进油箱，汽车会猛然间停下来。
9. They halted at a short distance from the house
   他们在离房子不远处停了下来。
10. The engine note changed as the aircraft landed, taxied and halted
    发动机的声音随着飞机着陆、滑行和停下一直在变化。
11. She held her hand out flat, to halt him.
    她平伸出一只手掌，要挡住他。
12. Striking workers halted production at the auto plant yesterday
    罢工工人于昨日停止了汽车厂的生产。
13. He criticised the government for failing to halt economic decline
    他批评政府未能遏止经济下滑。
14. Exports have not been halted completely because another line is operational.
    出口并没有完全停止，因为另一条生产线还能运转。
15. The colonel ordered 'Halt!'
    上校命令道：“立定！”
16. The Russian government had called a halt to the construction of a new project in the Rostov region.
    俄罗斯政府已叫停了罗斯托夫地区的一个新工程。
17. Sofia and Alex came to a halt and both tried to regain their breath
    索菲娅和亚历克斯停了下来，两人都想喘口气。
18. The elevator creaked to a halt at the ground floor.
    电梯嘎吱一声停在了一层。
19. Her political career came to a halt in December 1988
    她的政治生涯于1988年12月画上了句号。
20. Air traffic in Poland has been brought to a halt by an air traffic controllers 'strike.
    由于航空调度员罢工，波兰的空中交通已完全瘫痪。
21. He came to a halt at the edge of a steep incline.
    他在一个陡坡边上停住了。
22. The car jerked to a halt
    车猛地停住了。
23. A barrage would halt the flow upstream and lift the water level.
    一道拦河坝将会在上游拦住水流，抬升水位。
24. Then the rain came and the red flag went up to signal a halt.
    然后下雨了，红旗升起示意暂停。
25. The car hurtled past us, scraping the wall and screeching to a halt
    汽车从我们身边疾驰而过，蹭到墙壁上然后戛然刹住。
26. A black Mercedes screeched to a halt beside the helicopter
    一辆黑色的梅赛德斯轿车在直升机旁嘎的一声刹住了。
27. The train began to pull out of the station — then suddenly shuddered to a halt
    火车渐渐驶出了车站，然后突然猛震几下停了下来。
28. The battle sputtered to a halt in mid-October
    战斗于10月中旬渐渐停了下来。
29. The troops rushed to their destination without a single halt.
    部队马不停蹄地赶到了目的地。