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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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