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stopper

/stop-er/US // ˈstɒp ər //UK // (ˈstɒpə) //

塞子,挡板,锁扣,栓子

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that stops.
    • : a plug, cork, bung, or other piece for closing a bottle, tube, drain, or the like.
    • : Informal. something or someone that commands attention, as an unusual window display or a flamboyant person.
    • : Cards. a card in a suit that prevents the successive taking of all tricks in the suit by the opponents.
    • : Baseball Slang. a formidably and consistently effective pitcher counted on to win, as a team's best starting pitcher or a superior reliever often called on to preserve a victory; pitching ace.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to close, secure, or fit with a stopper.

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Examples

  • Long’s Vintner Select line is only available online, but he has recently released a cabernet sauvignon and a chardonnay to national distribution, under a unique twist-off cork stopper.

  • A proprietary stopper replaces the traditional cork at the top of the bottle, allowing the bottle to interface with the system’s main piece.

  • If teams want someone a little bit older, they can go with Clark, a defensive stopper.

  • It also comes with a workout mat and a set of wheel stoppers.

  • On the bottom of the Toddy there is a filter and a stopper that keeps the coffee in the container.

  • 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.

  • On the show-stopper "Turn It Off," sung by a closeted missionary struggling with his sexuality.

  • This is an effortless show-stopper and the leftovers make for fabulous sandwiches, too.

  • 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.