英语词汇“pause”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	pause
释义	pause I. \ˈpȯz\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English pause, from Latin pausa, from Greek pausis, from pauein to stop + -sis; akin to Greek paula rest and perhaps to Old Slavic pustŭ waste, desert 1. : a temporary stop : intermission of movement or speech : brief cessation : respite < there is often value in a pause followed by a fresh start — Leslie Rees > < came to a pause, frowning in concentration — T.S.Stribling > 2. a. : a break in a verse b. : a brief suspension of the voice to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts < have opened up a new dimension of grammar by listening to its intonations, stresses, and pauses — Richard Braddock > 3. : temporary inaction often caused by doubt or uncertainty < had my moments of anxious pause — W.A.White > 4. a. : rest I 5 b. : fermata 2 c. : a break or paragraph in writing d. : a pausal stop or intermission in speaking (as in Hebrew) e. : the form taken by a word or vowel when occurring before a pausal stop (as in Hebrew) 5. : a reason for pausing < a thought that should give tremendous pause — Alistair Cooke > II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: probably from Late Latin pausare to stop, rest, from Latin pausa pause *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to cease for a time : refrain from acting or speaking for a brief interval : stop temporarily < people seemed to pause, listening for a message — Sylvia Berkman > b. : to become silent : wait silently < I pause for a reply — Shakespeare > 2. : to hold for a time : linger — used with on or upon < the singer paused on the high note > < paused upon the threshold to survey the room > 3. : to stop to consider before proceeding : hesitate < one ought also to pause and ponder seriously — Lionel Whitby > < paused thoughtfully for perhaps two seconds before she consented — G.B.Shaw > 4. : to delay before going on : remain, stay, tarry < here hikers pause to rest — American Guide Series: Connecticut > < the expedition had to pause while barges were built — R.A.Billington > *transitive verb* : to cause to cease or rest < bad times before … had but paused him in his climb — Adrian Bell > III. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: origin unknown dialect England : kick
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