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pause AHD[pôz] D.J.[pɔːz]K.K.[pɔz]v.intr.（不及物动词）paused, paus.ing, paus.es - To cease or suspend an action temporarily.暂停，中止：暂时性的停止或终止某一行动
- To linger; tarry:逗留，停滞：paused for a while under the huge oak tree.在一巨大的橡树下驻足片刻
- To hesitate:犹豫：He paused before replying.他犹豫了片刻才回答
n.（名词）- A temporary cessation.暂时的停顿
- A delay or suspended reaction, as from uncertainty; a hesitation:犹豫：延迟或推迟的行为，如因不确定；犹豫：After a pause the audience broke into cheers.短暂的沉静后，听众突然爆发出欢呼声
- A break, stop, or rest, often for a calculated purpose or effect:暂时停顿：中断、停止或歇息，常为了计划好的目的或效果：After a dramatic pause, the lawyer finished her summation.在戏剧性的沉默之后，这位律师作完了她的总述
- Music A sign indicating that a note or rest is to be held.【音乐】 延长号：表示音阶或停顿的符号，休止符
- A break or rest in a line of poetry; a caesura.（诗中）节奏的停顿：在一行诗歌中的中断或停顿；休止
- Reason for hesitation:犹豫的原因：The immensity of the task gives one pause.任务的艰巨提供了推迟的理由
- From Middle English [pause] 源自 中古英语 [停顿]
- from Old French 源自 古法语
- from Latin pausa 源自 拉丁语 pausa
- from Greek pausis 源自 希腊语 pausis
- from pauein [to stop] 源自 pauein [停止]
pause, intermission, recess, respite, suspension- The central meaning shared by these nouns is "a temporary stop, as in activity": 这些名词共同的中心意思是“暂时的停顿，如在活动中”： a short pause in the conversation;对话的短暂中断；a concert with the usual 15-minute intermission;通常有十五分钟间歇的音乐会；the legislature's summer recess;立法机关的夏天休会期；toiling without respite;不间断地苦干；a suspension of work. 工作暂时搁置
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