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stopple

/stop-uhl/US // ˈstɒp əl //

停顿,停顿一下,停顿点,停顿下来

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a stopper, especially for a bottle.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    stop·pled, stop·pling.

    • : to close or fit with a stopple.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Stopple, stop′l, n. that which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel: a cork or plug.

  • A wasteful cock is a cock or pipe with a turning stopple running to waste.

  • You may at first stop it so, that the strong working may throw out the stopple, and yet keep it close, till it work strongly.

  • On examining it in full light he found the upper end, looking like a carved handle, to be a closing stopple removable by a turn.

  • He pounces upon the decanter, pulls out the stopple, and applies his nose to the mouth.