Halt



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解释

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• v. 暂停前进, 停止
• ［英］ v. 暂停前进, 停止 ( stop temporarily)
• ［例］ The project halted for lack of funds.

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English healt; akin to Old High German halz lame
• Date: before 12th century
• lame

II. intransitive verb

• Date: before 12th century
• 1. to walk or proceed lamely ; limp
• 2. to stand in perplexity or doubt between alternate courses ; waver
• 3. to display weakness or imperfection ; falter

III. noun

• Etymology: German, from Middle High German, from halt, imperative of halten to hold, from Old High German haltan — more at hold
• Date: circa 1598
• stop

IV. verb

• Date: 1656
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to cease marching or journeying
  • 2. discontinue, terminate <the project halted for lack of funds>
• transitive verb
  • 1. to bring to a stop <the strike halted subways and buses>
  • 2. to cause the discontinuance of ; end <halt hostilities>

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