stop short

释义

1. （使）突然停住

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

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

电影里这样说 · 4 部

• Pull up fast. Stop short.Three Kings1999
• Let the guy have a short stop or a point guard, will ya?Mighty Aphrodite1995
• 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

在完整场景里学

• 非强力春药1995
  • 餐厅里争论生孩子：out of left field（冷不丁）
  • 为宝宝取名吵半天：put my foot down（坚决反对）
  • 为汉普顿之行吵翻：old passion（从前的激情）

同一词条的短语

• 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