| 单词 | intermission |
| 释义 | intermission /in'teuhr mish"euhn/, n. 1. a short interval between the acts of a play or parts of a public performance, usually a period of approximately 10 or 15 minutes, allowing the performers and audience a rest. 2. a period during which action temporarily ceases; an interval between periods of action or activity: They studied for hours without an intermission. 3. the act or fact of intermitting; state of being intermitted: to work without intermission. [1400-50; late ME < L intermission- (s. of intermissio) interruption, equiv. to intermiss(us) (ptp. of intermittere to INTERMIT) + -ion- -ION] |
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