/hɔ:lt ||; hɔlt/noun
[sing] a stop (that does not last very long) 暂停;停顿:
Work came to a halt when the machine broke down.机器坏了,工作停顿下来。
haltverb [I,T] (formal 正式)
An accident halted the traffic in the town centre for half an hour.一起事故令市中心的交通停顿了半个小时。grind to a halt/standstill→GRIND¹
halt/hɔlt; hɔːlt/n [singular 单数] when something stops happening or moving for a period of time 停止﹐停住﹔暂停: come/grind to a halt The bus slowly ground to a halt. 巴士慢慢地停了下来。They decided to call a halt to the strike (=make it stop). 他们决定停止罢工。 —halt v [I,T] formal 【正式】: The city council has halted repair work on the subways. 市政委员会已经停止了地铁的修理作业。
halthalthaltshaltedhaltingnoun (no plural)come to a haltto stop: The car came to a halt in front of the school.▶ haltverb (halts, halting, halted) (formal): She halted just outside the gate.