Noun:

1. British dramatist (born in Czechoslovakia in 1937)

stoper[采矿]伸缩式凿岩机stopv.停止；阻止；停留n.停止；逗留；车站stop-over ticket可在途中站下车的客票stop due to faults故障停机stop in our tracksvt.迅速停住(使劲刹住；当场停下来)Stop ruminating.停下反复思索。stopping capacitor隔直流电容器stop flow analysis截流分析stop-cock grease活栓润滑脂stop a competition停止比赛stopping criterion停止准则Stop the thief .抓住小偷。

1. Mr Stoppard's characters are strangers in today's Russia.
   斯托帕德笔下的角色已不见容于今日俄罗斯。