halt² n [singular 单数] when something stops happening or moving for a period of time 停止，停住，暂停: come/grind to a halt The bus slowly ground to a halt. 巴士慢慢地停了下来。 bring sth to a halt Yesterday's strike brought production to a halt. 昨天的罢工使生产停顿了下来。 call a halt (=officially stop an activity from continuing) 〔正式〕使停住，叫停:It's time that we called a halt to these corrupt practices. 对这些腐败行为我们应该叫停了。