名词
1. 停工;罢工
When there is a stoppage, people stop working because of a disagreement with their employers.
2. (足球等体育运动中的)中断比赛，暂停
In football and some other sports, when there is a stoppage, the game stops for a short time, for example because a player is injured. The referee may add some extra time at the end of the game because of this.
1. the act of stopping something
e.g. the third baseman made some remarkable stops
his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood
Synonym: stop
2. an obstruction in a pipe or tube
e.g. we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
Synonym: blockageblockclosureocclusionstop
3. the state of inactivity following an interruption
e.g. the negotiations were in arrest
held them in check
during the halt he got some lunch
the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow
he spent the entire stop in his seat