stoppage
US: /ˈstɑpɪdʒ/
UK: /stˈɒpɪdʒ/
UK: /stˈɒpɪdʒ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
stoppage /'stɔpidʤ/
- danh từ
- sự ngừng lại, sự đình chỉ
- sự tắc, sự nghẽn
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C] a situation in which people stop working as part of a protest or strike: 400 workers were involved in the stoppage. + a two-day stoppage by train drivers
2 [C] (sport) an interruption in the game for a particular reason: Play resumed quickly after the stoppage. + stoppage time (= added on at the end of the game if there have been stoppages)
3 [C] a situation in which sth does not move forward or is blocked: a stoppage of blood to the heart
4 (stoppages) [pl.] (old-fashioned, BrE, formal) an amount of money that an employer takes from people's wages for tax and other payments
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
complete | work
VERB + STOPPAGE
call
The stoppage was called to protest against wage cuts.
| threaten | be involved in | end
PREP.
during a/the ~
