halt
- 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
词态变化
助记提示
中文词源
来自古法语halte,停下,词源同hold.即使停止,停下。
halt 跛行,踌躇来自PIE*kel,砍,切,词源同half,cleave.即砍成两半的,引申词义跛行,踌躇。
英英释意
- 1. the state of inactivity following an interruption;
- "the negotiations were in arrest"
- "held them in check"
- "during the halt he got some lunch"
- "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"
- "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
- 2. the event of something ending;
- "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
- 3. an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement;
- "a halt in the arms race"
- "a nuclear freeze"
英文词源
- halt
- halt: English has two words halt. By far the older, meaning ‘lame’ [OE], has virtually died out as a living part of English vocabulary except in the verbal derivative halting ‘stopping and starting uncertainly’. It came from a prehistoric Germanic *khaltaz, which also produced Swedish and Danish halt ‘Jame’. Halt ‘stop’ [17], originally a noun, comes from German halt, which began life as the imperative form of the verb halten ‘hold, stop’ (a relative of English hold).
=> hold - halt (n.)
- "a stop, a halting," 1590s, from French halte (16c.) or Italian alto, ultimately from German Halt, imperative from Old High German halten "to hold" (see hold (v.)). A German military command borrowed into the Romanic languages 16c.
- halt (adj.)
- "lame," in Old English lemphalt "limping," from Proto-Germanic *haltaz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian halt, Old Norse haltr, Old High German halz, Gothic halts "lame"), from PIE *keld-, from root *kel- "to strike, cut," with derivatives meaning "something broken or cut off" (cognates: Russian koldyka "lame," Greek kolobos "broken, curtailed"). The noun meaning "one who limps; the lame collectively" is from c. 1200.
- halt (v.2)
- "to walk unsteadily, move with a limping gait," early 14c., from Old English haltian (Anglian), healtian (West Saxon), "to limp, be lame; to hesitate," from Proto-Germanic *halton (cognates: Old Saxon halton, Middle Dutch halten, Old High German halzen), derivative verb from the source of halt (adj.). Figurative use from early 15c. Related: Halted; halting.
- halt (v.1)
- "make a halt," 1650s, from halt (n.). As a command word, attested from 1796. Related: Halted; halting.
同义词辨析
cease, pause, stop, halt, quit
这些动词均含有"停止"之意。
cease: 指逐渐、徐徐中止某种状态的存在。书面用词。
pause: 指暂时的、瞬间的停顿,隐含有再进行之意。
stop: 指动作、运行、进展等被停下来,含突然、断然的意味。
halt: 侧重突然地、决定性地终止、停止某一活动。
quit: 指最终彻底停止某事,有时暗示遭到失败或面临挫折。
考试真题
- After a point, countries can become so dangerous that food relief workers are no longer safe and their programs are halted.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- Then, I left my native country of New Zealand to start my career as an English teacher, which eventually brought my dancing life to a halt.
2019年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
- One recent study attempted to calculate the extent of this ecological overshoot of the human economy, and found that we are using 1.2 Earth's-worth of environmental goods and services—the implication being that at some point the debt will be called in, and all those services—the things which the planet does for us for free—will grind to a halt.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- hardly halt the growth of population
出自-2010年12月阅读原文
- Hospital workers in at least one case deserted their workplace in panic, thus halting the administering of potentially unclean disease spreading injections, but Ebola has not disappeared.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
- A global campaign has been launched to create a network of ocean sanctuaries to protect the seas in the region and Greenpeace is calling for an immediate halt to fishing in areas being considered for sanctuary status.
2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
- One recent study attempted to calculate the extent of this "ecological overshoot of the human economy", and found that we are using 1.2 Earth's-worth of environmental goods and services—the implication being that at some point the debt will be called in,
2016年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
- They argue that government action is necessary to curb Britain's addiction to unhealthy food and help halt spiraling rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease.
2011年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
词组搭配
call a halt
demand or order a stop
要求停止;命令停止
he decided to &B{call a halt} to all further discussion.
他决定要求中止进一步的讨论。
实用场景例句
- Strikes have led to a halt in production.
- 罢工已经使生产陷于停顿。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- The car skidded to a halt.
- 汽车打滑后停了下来。
牛津词典
- The thought brought her to an abrupt halt .
- 她一想到这个便猛地停下了。
牛津词典
- Work came to a halt when the machine broke down.
- 机器一坏,工作便停了下来。
牛津词典
- The trial was halted after the first week.
- 第一周结束后,审判暂停。
牛津词典
- The police were halting traffic on the parade route.
- 警察正阻止车辆在游行路线上行驶。
牛津词典
- ‘Halt! ’ the Major ordered (= used as a command to soldiers) .
- “立定!”少校发出命令。
牛津词典
- She walked towards him and then halted.
- 她向他走去,然后停下。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The elevator creaked to a halt at the ground floor.
- 电梯嘎吱一声停在了一层。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The colonel ordered 'Halt!'
- 上校命令道:“立定!”
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He criticised the government for failing to halt economic decline...
- 他批评政府未能遏止经济下滑。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They halted at a short distance from the house...
- 他们在离房子不远处停了下来。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The cop signaled traffic to halt to allow pedestrians to cross the street.
- 警察指示车辆停下以便让行人过街.
《简明英汉词典》
- The purpose was to halt the rise in the exchange rate of the Swiss franc.
- 目的在于制止瑞士法郎兑换率上涨.
《简明英汉词典》
- It's time to call a halt to vandalism.
- 现在是要求人们停止破坏文物的时候了.
《简明英汉词典》
- The car came to a halt just in time to prevent an accident.
- 汽车及时停了下来,避免了一场车祸.
《简明英汉词典》
- No one can halt the advance of history.
- 没人能阻挡历史的前进.
《简明英汉词典》