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See also:
show-stopper;
塞子;瓶塞;栓 A stopper is a piece of glass, plastic, or cork that fits into the top of a bottle or jar to close it.
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...a bottle of colourless liquid sealed with a cork stopper.
用软木塞封口的一瓶无色液体
- Noun
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1. blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
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2. an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
- synonym： show-stopper，showstopper
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3. a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
- synonym： conversation stopper
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4. (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit;
- "if my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump"
- Verb
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1. close or secure with or as if with a stopper;
- "She stoppered the wine bottle"
- "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers"
- synonym： stopple
- 1. She lifted the stopper from the carafe.
- 她拔出玻璃酒瓶上的瓶塞。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. That put a stopper on the rumour.
- 这样一来，就把谣言止住了。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
