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gob-stopper

/gob-stop-er/US // ˈgɒbˌstɒp ər //UK // (ˈɡɒbˌstɒpə) //

挡箭牌,拦路虎,拦截器,拦路抢劫

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    British Slang.

    • : a large piece of hard candy.

Examples

  • “After Gob, I felt like there were a lot of jobs that I took where people wanted me to emulate or copy that performance,” he says.

  • For the record, the best three episodes deal with Gob, Tobias, and Buster, and it's not even close.

  • We decided to do some hitchhiking or become what the locals called an “auto-stopper.”

  • Spill stopper  This is a silicone lid that sits on top of your pots and prevents them from boiling over.

  • First, it's a conversation stopper, especially in the United States.

  • When we lift the stopper the fluid for a moment falls straight down through the opening.

  • It is so heavy that an ordinary cork would soon be forced out by it, therefore an iron stopper must be screwed in.

  • If live grasshoppers, or similar bait, is desired the cork can be used unnotched to form a watertight stopper.

  • Not infrequently one end of the handle terminated in a tobacco stopper.

  • If a stopper is used, the workman must see that it is taken out.