Standstill
['stæn(d)stɪl] or ['stændstɪl]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop; a state or rest.
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例句/造句/用法:
- It was a quarter-past seven when we left Pall Mall, and my watch showed me that it was ten minutes to nine when we at last came to a standstill. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Crossing the hall, about half an hour afterwards, I was brought to a sudden standstill by an outbreak of screams from the small drawing-room. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The ends of the wi re move round its middle point and suddenly come t o a standstill. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Mrs. Bagnet, with anguish, beholds one of them at a standstill before the fire and beginning to burn. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I may keep him at a standstill, but I can never shake him off. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- They were piling up their score all the time and we were at a standstill. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Seeing that Mr. Franklin was not alone, Rosanna came to a standstill, evidently in great perplexity what to do next. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- It was my turn to come to a standstill now. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- They sometimes slipped and floundered for a mile together, and we were obliged to come to a standstill to rest them. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- But a singular interruption brought us to a standstill. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Just on the other side of the holly, Penelope went on, Mr. Godfrey came to a standstill. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
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