| 单词 | interrupt |
| 释义 | interrupt (once / 91 pages) 1vn 2v To interrupt someone is to interfere in their activity, disrupt their conversation, or to disturb their peace and quiet. Imaging you're watching reruns of Jeopardy! and your mom interrupts you, threatening to turn off the TV unless you take the trash out. Then your brother interrupts your peace and quiet by shouting answers — wrong answers — at the TV. A special weather bulletin then interrupts your "regularly scheduled program" with a severe thunderstorm warning. And, to complete the job, lightning causes an interrupt (now used as a noun) in the power grid and your electricity goes off. WORD FAMILYinterrupt: interrupted, interrupter, interrupting, interruption, interrupts+/interrupted: interruptedly, uninterrupted/interrupter: interrupters/interruption: interruptions/uninterrupted: uninterruptedly USAGE EXAMPLESHis solitary task was interrupted when a car pulled up. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Play was not interrupted on the field during Sunday’s game, but eight rows of fans below the banner were cleared as a precaution. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) All Amber Alerts will receive a Wireless Emergency Alert, which pushes the notifications to mobile devices and interrupts broadcasts. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1v make a break in We interrupt the program for the following messages Syn|Hypo|Hyper break up, cut off, disrupt cut, cut off cease, stop punctuateinterrupt periodically breakinterrupt the flow of current in put aside, put awayturn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily break, intermit, pausecease an action temporarily barge in, break in, butt in, chime in, chisel in, cut in, put inbreak into a conversation burst in on, burst uponspring suddenly hecklechallenge aggressively come in, inject, interject, interpose, put in, throw into insert between other elements block, jaminterfere with or prevent the reception of signals stop, stop overinterrupt a trip take off, take time offtake time off from work; stop working temporarily disruptinterfere in someone else's activity breathe, catch one's breath, rest, take a breathertake a short break from one's activities in order to relax take fivetake a break for five minutes take tentake a ten minute break barrage jamjam an entire frequency spectrum point jamjam a narrow band of frequencies spot jamjam a single frequency blanket jamjam a broad spectrum of frequencies to affect all communications in the area except for directional antenna communications callmake a stop in a harbour lay over, stop overinterrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight break, break off, discontinue, stop prevent completion 2v destroy the peace or tranquility of Don't interrupt me when I'm reading Syn|Hyper disturb act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) 3v interfere in someone else's activity Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone Syn|Hypo|Hyper disrupt cut in interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner cut shortcause to end earlier than intended barge in, break in, butt in, chime in, chisel in, cut in, put in break into a conversation 4n a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out 2Hyper signal an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes v terminate She interrupted her pregnancy Syn|Hypo|Hyper break hold on, stop stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments break off, break short, cut shortinterrupt before its natural or planned end freeze, suspendstop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it hang upinterrupt a telephone conversation end, terminate bring to an end or halt |
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