stopover

/ˈstɒpəʊvə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · [stˈɑpˌovɚ] /ˈstɑːpəʊvər/ (ame, ipa) · [stˈɑpˌovɚ] /ˈstäp-ˌō-vər How to pronounce stopover (audio)/ (ame, mw)

stopover — noun

  • stopoversingular
  • stopoversplural

1. time spent in another city, airport, or station during a longer trip before you

1.名詞B2
釋義

time spent in another city, airport, or station during a longer trip before you continue to the place you are really going

例句

Padma planned a two-night stopover in Seoul before flying on to Vancouver.

common pattern: a [duration] stopover in [city]

Because of fog, the airline turned our Dubai stopover into an overnight stay.

turn a stopover into an overnight stay

同義詞
  • layover

    more common in North American air-travel English

  • connection

    focuses on catching the next flight or train, not the break itself

  • transit

    more formal and common in airport signs or official notices

反義詞
  • direct flight

    a journey that goes to the destination without stopping on the way

  • nonstop

    used especially for flights that make no intermediate stop

文法句型

a stopover in [place]

during a stopover

make a stopover

a [duration] stopover

用法筆記

Often used for a planned or useful break between two legs of a journey, especially when the traveller has enough time to rest, sleep, or leave the airport. In North American travel talk, 'layover' is more common when the focus is only on waiting for the next flight.

常見錯誤

❌Our direct flight included a stopover in Taipei.
✅Our flight to Osaka included a stopover in Taipei.
💡a direct flight goes straight through, so it cannot include a stopover.
❌We had a stopover in Kaohsiung after arriving home.
✅We stayed in Kaohsiung after arriving home.
💡'stopover' only fits a pause before the journey continues.

2. the city, airport, port, or other point where that break in the journey takes pl

2.名詞B2
釋義

the city, airport, port, or other point where that break in the journey takes place

例句

Doha was our last stopover before the flight crossed the Atlantic.

be a stopover before [destination]

The travel agent suggested Istanbul as a stopover on our route to Tbilisi.

use [place] as a stopover

同義詞
  • transit point

    more formal and often used in travel systems or logistics

  • staging point

    suggests a place used to prepare for the next part of the journey

  • waypoint

    broader and more technical, especially for navigation

反義詞
  • destination

    the final place the journey is aiming at

  • origin

    the place where the journey begins

文法句型

[place] is a stopover before [destination]

serve as a stopover

use [place] as a stopover

用法筆記

This sense names the place itself, not the time spent there. It often follows verbs such as 'be', 'serve as', 'choose', or 'mark'.

常見錯誤

❌Taipei stopover was only three hours.
✅Our stopover in Taipei was only three hours.
💡when you mean the time spent there, use the time sense rather than the place sense.