单词 | pause |
释义 | pause I. 1. < 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. b. < have opened up a new dimension of grammar by listening to its intonations, stresses, and pauses — Richard Braddock > 3. < had my moments of anxious pause — W.A.White > 4. a. b. c. d. e. 5. < a thought that should give tremendous pause — Alistair Cooke > II. intransitive verb 1. a. < people seemed to pause, listening for a message — Sylvia Berkman > b. < I pause for a reply — Shakespeare > 2. < the singer paused on the high note > < paused upon the threshold to survey the room > 3. < one ought also to pause and ponder seriously — Lionel Whitby > < paused thoughtfully for perhaps two seconds before she consented — G.B.Shaw > 4. < here hikers pause to rest — American Guide Series: Connecticut > < the expedition had to pause while barges were built — R.A.Billington > transitive verb < bad times before … had but paused him in his climb — Adrian Bell > III. dialect England |
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