单词 | interruption |
释义 | interruptionn. The action of interrupting, or fact of being interrupted (in the various senses of the verb); with an and plural, an instance of this. 1. a. A breaking in upon some action, process, or condition (esp. speech or discourse), so as to cause it (usually temporarily) to cease; hindrance of the course or continuance of something; a breach of continuity in time; a stoppage. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > interruption > [noun] interruption1489 interrupting1532 interlocution1592 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > hindrance by interference > by interruption interruption1489 interrupting1532 interturbation1624 interrupture1648 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > discontinuity or interrupted condition > [noun] > interruption interruption1489 abruption1585 interpellation1611 rupture1639 interrupture1648 fraction1661 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. x. 255 Take not now in anger yf I putte interrupcyon in thy wordes for a questyon that I wil aske of the. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxv The Cytezyns enioyed theyr Lybertyes without interupcion. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxxiii. 623 We would impute al those interruptions and chaunges, to the nature of nature it self. 1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. 7 The frequent disturbances, interruptions and dissolutions which the Parlament hath had. 1797 E. Burke Corr. IV. 423 I still go on with the work I have in hand, but with terrible interruptions. 1868 A. Helps Realmah I. ii. 17 Ellesmere, who is the greatest of interrupters, is the most intolerant of any interruption but his own. b. In weakened sense (with negative expressed or implied): Temporary cessation, intermission. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] steadc1000 leathc1175 abiding1340 broklinga1400 pausation1422 pausing1440 interceasingc1450 suspensing?1504 suspending1524 intermission1526 leathing1535 suspensationc1571 intercession1572 suspense1584 abeyance1593 suspension1603 recession1606 interruption1607 recess1620 intercision1625 intercessation1659 intermittency1662 pretermission1677 break1689 cess1703 intermittence1796 1607 E. Grimeston tr. S. Goulart Admirable & Memorable Hist. 76 She continued sixe monethes..to drinke daylie, without interruption foureteene pounds of water. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. xiv. 823 That process by which our bodies receive some substances and give out others, admits of no interruption. 2. a. A breach of continuity in space or serial order; a break; the formation or existence of a gap or void interval. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > discontinuity or interrupted condition > [noun] > a break in continuity interruption1390 breach1589 hiatus1613 chasm1654 solution of continuity1654 gap1670 caesura1846 break-in1856 breakage1871 scission1884 time out1892 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 37 If a man were Mad al togedre of o matiere Wiþouten interrupcion. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 127 The mountains, which in a continuall raunge without interruption stand vpon the coasts of the Ocean. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 11 The Interruptions of the Strata. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxxv. 322 Dr. Vreeland and myself witnessed repeatedly interruptions of their continuity. 1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 422 The most frequent form of local interruption of the fibrous sheath..consists in the presence of a gap of greater or less extent, filled up by comparatively thin-walled parenchyma. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [noun] > and dividing interruptiona1676 discontinuance1726 cut-off1881 a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. ix. 216 Places severed from the Continent by the interruption of the Sea. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] lettingOE leta1175 marring1357 impediment1398 impeachment1432 unhelpc1449 interruption1463 impeach1511 hindrance1526 prevening1557 offence1578 cross1600 impedition1623 obstructing1641 impede1659 objectiona1667 bottleneck1886 dead wood1887 log-jam1890 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > action of lettingOE impeachingc1400 thwartingc1430 interruption1463 inhibition1621 obstructing1641 clogging1647 obstruction1656 thorteringa1693 interclusion1798 1463 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 187 To enjoye our sayd lycence wyth outyn any let, interupcyon or impediment. c1475 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 274 The cardenall uppone his hede the crowne did sett, The septure in his honde, withowte intrumpcioun or lett. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie vii. 41 Of iustice no let ledeth intrupcion, Like this loue (named selfe loue) growne of corrupcion. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. iv. 9 Diuers deere friends slaine? And bloudy England into England gone, Ore-bearing interruption spight of France? View more context for this quotation 4. Scots Law. ‘The step legally requisite to stop the currency of the period of a prescription’ (Bell Dict. Law Scotl.). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > [noun] > legal step to stop prescription interruption1615 1615 Burgh Rec. Aberdeen (Spalding Club) II. 322 Of the quhilk hous, Williame Gray, baillie, tuik doune ane dovet [= turf] in takine of lauchfull interruptione, and fand the said halff pennie hous and landis..to apperteine in propertie to the said towne of Aberdeine. 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. (1693) ii. xii. §26 The main Exception or Reply against Prescription, is Interruption, not only by the discontinuing the Possession of the whole, but also of a part, which was found sufficient to interrupt the Prescription as to the whole. 1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) at Prescription An interruption on the last day of the forty years will be effectual. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1390 |
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