English Dictionary

stop up

動詞

イギリス英語

To fill a hole or cavity, or block (an opening or passage), as with a plug. / (UK, law) To permanently close or block (a road or path); to legally extinguish a right of way.

日本語の意味

穴や空洞を塞ぐ、詰まらせる（プラグ等で）；開口部や通路をふさぐこと。 / （英国法において）道路や通路を永久に閉鎖し、通行権を法的に消滅させること。

We need to stop up the hole in the pipe with epoxy to prevent water loss.

配管の穴をエポキシで塞いで水漏れを防ぐ必要がある。

意味（1）

To fill a hole or cavity, or block (an opening or passage), as with a plug.

So then we […] scratched around and found an old tin washpan, and stopped up the holes as well as we could.

意味（2）

(UK, law) To permanently close or block (a road or path); to legally extinguish a right of way.

意味（3）

(photography) To increase the aperture of a photographic lens, moving from an f/stop represented by a higher number to an f/stop represented by a lower number and causing more light to pass into the camera.

To stop down means to narrow the aperture; to stop up or open up means to expand it.

stops up （ present singular third-person ）

stopping up （ participle present ）

stopped up （ participle past ）

stopped up （ past ）