halt

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /hɒlt/|/hɔːlt/    美 /hɑlt/|/hɔlt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cessation, either temporary or permanent. obsolete
    — The contract negotiations put a halt to operations.
  2. Lameness; a limp. dated,obsolete
  3. A small railroad station, usually unstaffed or with very few staff, and with few or no facilities. Ireland,UK,obsolete
    — Halts were normally unstaffed, tickets being sold on the train.
  4. A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom. obsolete
    — The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works.
动词 v.
  1. To limp; move with a limping gait. intransitive,obsolete
    — Here comes Sir Toby halting — you shall hear more; but if he had not been in drink, he would have tickled you othergates than he did.
  2. To stop marching. intransitive,obsolete
  3. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer. intransitive,obsolete
    — How long halt ye between two opinions?
  4. To stop either temporarily or permanently. intransitive,obsolete
    — And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.
  5. To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification. intransitive,obsolete
  6. To bring to a stop. obsolete,transitive
  7. To waver. obsolete
  8. To cause to discontinue. obsolete,transitive
    — The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.
  9. To falter. obsolete
形容词 adj.
  1. Lame, limping. archaic,obsolete
    — It is better for the to goo halt into lyfe, then with ij. fete to be cast into hell […]

词形变化

halts present,singular,third-person halting participle,present halted participle,past halted past halts present,singular,third-person halting participle,present halted participle,past halted past halts plural more halt comparative most halt superlative halts plural halts plural

词汇关系

近义词
brake desist stay immobilize terminate shut down stop moratorium recess endpoint terminus
衍生词
haltable unhalted call a halt grind to a halt half-halt haltless Sarsden Halt

词源

词源 1
From Middle English halten, from Old English healtian (“to be lame, walk with a limp”), from Proto-West Germanic *haltōn, related to *halt. English usage in the sense of 'make a halt' is from the noun. Cognate with North Frisian halte, Swedish halta.
词源 2
From Middle French halt, from early modern German halt (“stop!”), imperative of halten (“to hold, to stop”). Doublet of hold (see that entry for more information).
词源 3
From Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-West Germanic *halt, from Proto-Germanic *haltaz (“halt, lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *kol-d-, from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to beat, strike, cut, slash”). Cognate with Danish halt, Swedish halt.
词源 4
Borrowed from French halte. See also Etymology 2.
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