stop short

釋義

1. （使）突然停住

   to suddenly stop, or make sb suddenly stop, doing sth

   He stopped short when he heard his name.聽見有人喊他的名字，他突然停住了。

電影裡這樣說 · 4 部

• Pull up fast. Stop short.Three Kings1999
• And if we stop short now, never in our lifetime will we see that energy again, ever!The Wind That Shakes the Barley2006
• The Mariners' short stop, number four, Armando Personi!The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!1988
• Let the guy have a short stop or a point guard, will ya?Mighty Aphrodite1995

在完整場景裡學

• 非強力春藥1995
  • 餐廳裡爭論生孩子：out of left field（冷不丁）
  • 為寶寶取名吵半天：put my foot down（堅決反對）
  • 為漢普頓之行吵翻：old passion（從前的激情）

同一詞條的短語

• stop at nothing
• stop the clock
• stop short of doing
• stop in their tracks
• stop by
• stop in
• stop off
• stop out
• stop over
• stop up
• come to a full stop
• pull out all the stops