停机 (tíng jī) — to park an aircraft; to shut down (a machine, printing press, computer); to finish shooting (a film or TV episode)
Definition
Verb meaning literally 'stop the machine' — covers parking an aircraft, shutting down a computer/printing press, and (in film) wrapping a day's shooting. The computer/film senses are the common ones learners will meet.
verb
to park an aircraftto shut down (a machine, printing press, computer)to finish shooting (a film or TV episode)
Examples
- 停机。Zhè jià fēi jī zài jī chǎng tíng jī le sān gè xiǎo shí.This airplane was parked at the airport for three hours.
- ，停机。Diàn nǎo sǐ jī le, bù dé bù qiáng xíng tíng jī.The computer froze; we had to force it to shut down.
- ，。Jù zǔ zuó tiān tíng le yí cì jī, jīn tiān jì xù pāi.The crew stopped filming once yesterday, and they'll continue today.
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