stoppage

noun

/ˈstɒpɪdʒ/

/ˈstɑːpɪdʒ/

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[countable] a situation in which people stop working as part of a protest or strike停工；罢工
- 400 workers were involved in the stoppage.400名工人卷入了罢工。
- a two-day stoppage by train drivers火车司机两天的停工
Topics Social issuesc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- work
- workplace
- 24-hour
- …
verb + stoppage
- call
- call for
- threaten
- …
stoppage + noun
- time
preposition
- during a/the stoppage
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[countable] (sport体育) a situation in which a game is interrupted for a particular reason中断比赛
- Play resumed quickly after the stoppage.比赛中断后不久又继续进行。
- stoppage time (= added on at the end of the game if there have been stoppages)比赛补时时间
Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
[countable] a situation in which something does not move forward or is blocked堵塞；阻塞
- a stoppage of blood to the heart通往心脏血液的阻塞
stoppages
[plural] (British English, old-fashioned, formal) an amount of money that an employer takes from people’s wages for tax and other payments（工资中用于纳税等的）扣除款