"stop short" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語動詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stops short",
      "raw_tags": [
        "第三人稱單數簡單現在時"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stopping short",
      "raw_tags": [
        "現在分詞"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stopped short",
      "raw_tags": [
        "一般過去時及過去分詞"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "英语",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "急停，猛然停下 （尤指说话时或驾车时）"
      ],
      "id": "zh-stop_short-en-verb-F5ZGauSw"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "有引文的英語詞",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "英語引文翻譯請求",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1914, Louis Joseph Vance, 章號 III, 出自 Nobody, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, 出版於 1915, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022年December15日, Jack Royston, “Prince Harry throws more accusations at Prince William than ever before”, 出自 Newsweek:",
          "text": "He stopped short of saying the story was true but accused the palace of lying when they \"squashed\" it."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "停下 （使某物停在某个点）"
      ],
      "id": "zh-stop_short-en-verb-1KmWNW3z",
      "raw_tags": [
        "常带of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "有引文的英語詞",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "英語引文翻譯請求",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020年December30日, Tim Dunn, “The railway's mechanical marvels”, 出自 Rail，頁號 58, photo caption:",
          "text": "Thirteen people were injured in August 1957 when this Bristol freighter skidded on the runway at Southend Airport when landing with a flight from Calais. It ploughed through the boundary fence, but thankfully stopped short of the railway and the 1,500V overhead wires. A tripwire was installed on this section of Shenfield-Southend line to warn train drivers of instances such as this."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "停下 （而没能到某个点）"
      ],
      "id": "zh-stop_short-en-verb-qXEjg7YR",
      "raw_tags": [
        "带of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "停下 （使某物停在某个点）",
      "word": "hold back"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stop short"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "英語動詞",
    "英語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stops short",
      "raw_tags": [
        "第三人稱單數簡單現在時"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stopping short",
      "raw_tags": [
        "現在分詞"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stopped short",
      "raw_tags": [
        "一般過去時及過去分詞"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "英语",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "急停，猛然停下 （尤指说话时或驾车时）"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "有引文的英語詞",
        "英語引文翻譯請求"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1914, Louis Joseph Vance, 章號 III, 出自 Nobody, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, 出版於 1915, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022年December15日, Jack Royston, “Prince Harry throws more accusations at Prince William than ever before”, 出自 Newsweek:",
          "text": "He stopped short of saying the story was true but accused the palace of lying when they \"squashed\" it."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "停下 （使某物停在某个点）"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "常带of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "有引文的英語詞",
        "英語引文翻譯請求"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020年December30日, Tim Dunn, “The railway's mechanical marvels”, 出自 Rail，頁號 58, photo caption:",
          "text": "Thirteen people were injured in August 1957 when this Bristol freighter skidded on the runway at Southend Airport when landing with a flight from Calais. It ploughed through the boundary fence, but thankfully stopped short of the railway and the 1,500V overhead wires. A tripwire was installed on this section of Shenfield-Southend line to warn train drivers of instances such as this."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "停下 （而没能到某个点）"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "带of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "停下 （使某物停在某个点）",
      "word": "hold back"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stop short"
}