stop off

途中で立ち寄る、途中下車する

別の目的地へ向かう途中で、ある場所に少し立ち寄る。

やさしい英語で： To visit a place briefly while travelling to somewhere else.

• We stopped off for lunch.
• They stopped off in Berlin for a night.
• Can we stop off at my sister’s house?

使い方： stop off at a place (We stopped off at a café on the way home.); stop off in a place (They stopped off in Paris before flying to Rome.)

類義語： stop over, call in

よく使う表現： stop off at somewhere, stop off in somewhere

鋳型の空洞を砂で塞ぐ

鋳型の不要な空間を砂で塞ぎ、金属が流れ込まないようにする。

やさしい英語で： To fill an unwanted part of a metal-making mould with sand so metal cannot enter it.

• Stop off the unwanted cavity with sand.
• The worker stopped off one section of the mould.
• Which parts must we stop off before pouring the metal?

使い方： stop off something / stop something off (Stop off this part of the mould with sand.)

よく使う表現： stop off a cavity, stop something off