halt /hɔːlt/ CET4 TEM4 ( halting, halted, halts )

• 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

  例：

  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

  例：

  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

  例：

  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

  例：

  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

  例：

  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

  例：

  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。