单词 | hiatus |
释义 | hiatus (once / 6403 pages) n A temporary gap, pause, break, or absence can be called a hiatus. When your favorite TV show is on hiatus, that means there are no new episodes — not forever, just for a little while. Even things that go on for a long time take a break once in a while: one kind of break is a hiatus. If someone has to leave her job for a time, she's going on hiatus. A touring band will need to take a hiatus if the lead singer gets in an accident. The key thing about a hiatus is that it's an interruption of something that was happening, but it's not a permanent break. WORD FAMILYhiatus: hiatuses USAGE EXAMPLESThen, after a hiatus, the car should return to South Africa in 2018 to achieve its ultimate goal of breaking the 1,000mph mark. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) The Bits newsletter will be on hiatus until Jan. 3. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Now, they control their own destiny for the postseason after a one-year hiatus. Washington Times(Dec 19, 2016) 1n an interruption in the intensity or amount of something Syn|Hypo|Hyper abatement, reprieve, respite, suspension defervescence abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature remission, remittal, subsidencean abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) resolutionthe subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung) break, interruption some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity 2n a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript) Hyper piece an artistic or literary composition 3n a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure Syn|Hypo|Hyper foramen Monro's foramen, foramen of Monro, interventricular foramen the small opening (on both the right and left sides) that connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon with the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphere foramen magnumthe large opening at the base of the cranium through which the spinal cord passes gap, opening an open or empty space in or between things |
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