| 单词 | pause |
| 释义 | pauseWord family adjectivepausalpausefulpauselessadverbpausefullypauselesslypausinglynounpauserpausingpause Computers pause1 /pɔːz $ pɒːz/ ●●● W2 verb 1 PAUSE[intransitiveI] to stop speaking or doing something for a short time before starting again 暂停，停顿 pause for She paused for a moment. 她停顿了一下。 He paused for breath, then continued up the hill. 他停下来歇口气，然后继续上山。 ‘No, ’ he replied, without pausing for thought. “不是的。”他不假思索地答道。 pause to do something ► see thesaurus at stop Joe paused to consider his answer. 乔停顿了一下考虑怎么回答。 2. [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to push a button on a CD player, DVD player etc in order to make a CD, DVD etc stop playing for a short time 〔按暂停键〕（使）暂停播放 n COLLOCATIONS adverbs briefly At the doorway she paused briefly. momentarily (=for a very short time) He paused momentarily, then knocked twice more. dramatically phrases'They have offered us a lot of money.' She paused dramatically. pause (for) a moment He paused for a moment, seemingly overcome by emotion. pause for breath She had to pause for breath after every two or three steps. pause for thought 'Of course, ' she replied, without pausing for thought. pause for effect (=in order to make people eager to hear what you are going to say) 'Now I know what to do, ' Brown said, pausing for effect. pause only to do something He paused only to make a few notes, and left. n THESAURUS pause to stop speaking or stop doing something for a very short time before starting again. Pause is used especially in written descriptions. In everyday spoken English, people usually just say stop She paused at the bottom of the stairs and looked up at the clock. He paused, waiting for Larry to say something. hesitate to stop for a moment and wait before doing something, because you feel unsure or nervous about it She hesitated for a moment before replying. have/take a break to stop working for a short time in order to rest, eat etc We’re all getting tired. Let’s take a break for ten minutes. adjourn formal if a meeting or court adjourns or is adjourned, it stops for a short time If there are no more questions, the committee will adjourn until tomorrow morning. The trial was adjourned because one of the defendants was ill. take five especially American EnglishAmE informal to stop for a short time in order to rest Let’s take five and get some coffee. break off to suddenly stop speaking, especially because you see, hear, or think of something He broke off his conversation when he saw Mary running towards him. She broke off and looked embarrassed, then said, ‘I’ll explain later.’ Examples from the Corpus pause• Children can run through without pausing.• Her heart leaped into her mouth, and she paused.• Kim was reading her e-mail, but she paused and looked up when I came in.• Lawrence paused and turned to me: "Look, if you don't think it's a good idea, don't go."• Pausing briefly at the door, Linus straightened his tie.• Jill paused for a moment to look at her notes.• She talked for about twenty minutes without even pausing for breath.• The two girls paused, grimy and breathless, in the middle of the sick display.• Subjects might pause out of habit at points where it would be appropriate for them to pause when reading aloud.• There are ways of pausing records that really are interesting.• It was unusual for Hal to pause so long.• We waited while Graham paused to light a cigarette.• Arriving back at the cottage for the last time Ludens paused to look and listen. paused for breath• He spoke for one and half hours and barely paused for breath.• Thérèse dared to interrupt his strictures when he paused for breath.• They talked non-stop in an elaborate relay race, one picking up the thread as soon as the other paused for breath.• She paused for breath and found her hand on the grey standing stone.• Finding she couldn't unseat him, she paused for breath, anticipating her next devilry.• He paused for breath as he reached the landing, then continued.• Neither party paused for breath or parley. Music pause2 ●●● W2 noun [countableC] 1 PAUSEa short time during which someone stops speaking or doing something before starting again 暂停，停顿 There was a pause while Alice changed the tape. 艾丽斯换磁带的时候出现了短暂的停顿。 After a long pause, she went on. 停了好一会儿，她才继续下去。 pause in an awkward pause in the conversation 谈话中尴尬的停顿 2. (also pause button) a control which allows you to stop a CD player, DVD player etc for a short time and start it again 暂停键 3. APMa mark ( ) over a musical note, showing that the note is to be played or sung longer than usual 〔音符上的〕延长记号 4 give somebody pause (for thought) THINK ABOUTto make someone stop and consider carefully what they are doing 使某人停下来（仔细考虑） an avoidable accident that should give us all pause for thought 应能让我们都停下来反思的一次本可以避免的事故 Examples from the Corpus give somebody pause (for thought)• Even seemingly innocuous turnstile-exits with interlocking horizontal bars give my sister pause, however.• Knowing what Edmund has done to his real father might have given Cornwall pause before proclaiming himself the next one.• High real estate prices have given potential buyers pause.• Yet the offer seems to have given Burton no pause.• The breadth of this holding gives one pause.• But it gave you some pause to think of what else might be crawling around there.• It gave him pause, but soon enough he had his own retort.-Yeah, right.• Their sparring for position of least-favoured son gave me pause for thought. n COLLOCATIONS adjectives a long pause There was a long pause before anyone spoke. a brief/short/slight pause "Well, that was a surprise, " he said after a brief pause. a momentary pause (=very short) There was a momentary pause during which Mr Hammond glanced at his wife. an awkward pause After an awkward pause, Ray began to answer my question. a dramatic pause (=one that has a dramatic effect) In the dramatic pause before she replied, you could feel the tension in the room. a pregnant pause (=one that is full of meaning or emotion) ‘OK. Let’s move on, ’ said the president after a pregnant pause. Examples from the Corpus pause• There was a pause in the conversation as everyone turned to say hello to Paul.• We worked for four hours without a pause.• After a brief pause, Sharon said, "You're right."• Balvinder Singh dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain.• So if pauses are necessary, it is legitimate to ask what a speaker is doing during these periods of silence.• After a long pause, Barney said: "Yes, I suppose you're right."• There was a long pause, then, before it observed that some-thing was falling down toward it from the orbiting ship.• There was no pause among them, no need to conjure either the memory or the boat itself.• I said after a short pause.• Even seemingly innocuous turnstile-exits with interlocking horizontal bars give my sister pause, however.• The best he could do to simulate this pause for reflection, was to use repetition at certain points. long pause• After a long pause he looked up and saw the stones held tightly in their hands.• Then there was a long pause during which Sophie drank her coffee and avoided looking at her companion.• There was a long pause on the other end, and for a moment Quinn thought the caller had hung up.• There was a long pause, then, before it observed that some-thing was falling down toward it from the orbiting ship.• They heard him in the bathroom, running the water, then breaking a tumbler between long pauses.• The presence of the light was sufficient to reduce the number of long pauses by 35 percent.• In 1897, after an uncommonly long pause of more than four years, an eleventh son was born.• After an unnaturally long pause Constance became aware of this. (1400-1500) Latin pausa, from Greek pausis, from pauein “to stop” |
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