(of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen.
his laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun
同义词：
come to an endcome to a stopceaseendfinishdraw to a closebe overconcludeterminatecome to a standstillpausebreak offpeter outfade away
2
cause (an action, process, or event) to come to an end.
this harassment has got to be stopped
同义词：
put an end toput a stop tobring to an endendbring to a stophaltbring to a haltfinishbring to a closeterminatebring to a standstillwind updiscontinuecut shortinterruptnip in the budimmobilizeparalyzedeactivateshut down
3
block or close up (a hole or leak).
he tried to stop the hole with the heel of his boot
