stop /stɔp/ I.n.［c］1.停车站：Where is the nearest bus stop? 最近的公共汽车站在什么地方? 2.停止，中止：What about a stop for food? 停下来吃点东西怎么样? This train made a long (short) stop at the station. 火车在该车站作长(短)时间停靠。 come to a stop 停住：The train came to a sudden stop. 火车突然停住了。put a stop to 制止，使停止：We must put a stop to the pollution. 我们应该制止污染。 bring… to stop 使停住：Traffic was brought to a complete stop. 交通完全停顿了。 without a stop不停地：We went from Beijing to Jinan without a stop. 我们从北京直达济南，中间没有停过一次。 3.句点：Put a (full) stop at the end of the sentence. 在句末打上句号。‖II. vi. & vt.1.停止：The car stopped when the red light showed. 红灯亮时汽车停了下来。stop to do sth.停下来去做某事：We stopped to have a rest. 我们停下休息。 stop doing sth.停止干某事：It has stopped raining. 雨已经不下了。For an instant his heart seemed to stop beating. 有一会儿他的心脏似乎停止了跳动。 2. 停留，逗留(意义接近stay): We stopped at an inn for two nights. 我们在一家旅店停了两晚上。 3.阻止 (接名词/代词和v-ing)：The policeman stopped the fight. 警察阻止斗殴。What can stop our/us going if we want to go? (= What can stop us from going…) 如果我们要去，什么能阻止我们? 4. 塞住，堵塞：stop the leak in the pipe 堵塞管子里的漏洞；stop the hole with sth. 用东西把洞堵住 5.用于短语动词 stop by 顺路停一会：I’ve got to stop by the bank.我必须在银行停一下。stop off/over 顺路停在或参观某处：I’ll stop off at the supermarket on the way home and get some wine. 在回家的路上我要到超市买点红酒。
［辨析］stop 用得广泛，适用任何场合，往往意味突然停止。cease较为正式，是文学用语，表示缓慢地逐渐停止，但表示停止一动作时与 stop同义，如cease fire = stop shooting。另外cease to do sth. = cease doing sth；stop to do sth ≠ stop doing sth. halt指骤然有力的终止，多用于军事用语。
stopwatch /ˈstɔpˌwɔtʃ/ n. [c] （赛跑用的）秒表，跑表：a stopwatch on his wrist腕上带着一块秒表You can use the stopwatch in your smart phone at any moment.你可以随时使用你智能手机里的秒表。
