stoppage

英 [ˈstɒpɪdʒ]

美 [ˈstɑːpɪdʒ]

n. 停工; 罢工; 中断比赛; 堵塞; 阻塞

复数：stoppages　

Collins.1 / BNC.15353 / COCA.20251

牛津词典

noun

停工；罢工
a situation in which people stop working as part of a protest or strike
中断比赛
an interruption in the game for a particular reason
1. Play resumed quickly after the stoppage.
  比赛中断后不久又继续进行。
2. stoppage time (= added on at the end of the game if there have been stoppages )
  比赛补时时间
堵塞；阻塞
a situation in which sth does not move forward or is blocked
1. a stoppage of blood to the heart
  通往心脏血液的阻塞
（工资中用于纳税等的）扣除款
an amount of money that an employer takes from people's wages for tax and other payments

N-COUNT 停工;罢工
When there is astoppage, people stop working because of a disagreement with their employers.
1. Mineworkers in the Ukraine have voted for a one-day stoppage next month.
  乌克兰矿工们已投票决定下个月罢工一天。
(足球等体育运动中的)中断比赛，暂停
In football and some other sports, when there is astoppage, the game stops for a short time, for example because a player is injured. The referee may add some extra time at the end of the game because of this.

in AM, use 美国英语用 time out

noun

the act of stopping something
1. the third baseman made some remarkable stops
2. his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood
Synonym:stop
an obstruction in a pipe or tube
1. we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
Synonym:blockageblockclosureocclusionstop
the state of inactivity following an interruption
1. the negotiations were in arrest
2. held them in check
3. during the halt he got some lunch
4. the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow
5. he spent the entire stop in his seat
Synonym:arrestcheckhalthitchstaystop