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派生語

• standstill (noun)
• time stands still

名詞

stand still (plural stand stills)

1. Obsolete spelling of standstill.

アナグラム

• stillstand

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, General Australian) IPA: /ˈstændˌstɪl/
• (æ-raising, 米国発音, Canada) IPA: [ˈstɛən(d)ˌstɪɫ]
• 韻: -ɪl

名詞

standstill (countable and uncountable, plural standstills)

1. Complete immobility; a halt.

   The wreck brought traffic to a standstill for hours.

   • 1955 December, H. A. Vallance, “The Highland Centenary—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 859:

     Despite all these precautions, however, severe storms sometimes caused drifts which brought traffic completely to a standstill.

   • 1960 March, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 184:

     [...] but in the damp conditions prevailing the driver sensibly was unwilling to attempt the climb up through Combe Down tunnel without help, for fear of slipping to a standstill in the unventilated bore, [...].

   • 2012, James C. Spohrer, Louis E. Freund, Advances in the Human Side of Service Engineering‎:

     For the caller the advantage relies on a fast solution of his service request, leading to less standstill and non-productive periods for the service customer.

同意語

反意語

• motion
• movement

派生語

• standstill agreement

アナグラム

• stillstand