standstill

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Substantiivi

standstill (monikko standstills)

  1. täydellinen pysähtyminen
    Traffic has come to a standstill on part of the M25 after a hay lorry caught fire. (bbc.co.uk)
    an air traffic control outage brought major UK airports to a standstill.

Etymologia

yhdyssana sanoista stand ja still

Liittyvät sanat

  • grind to a halt

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