:a period of time when something (such as an activity or program) is stopped间断；间隙
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The band is making an album again after a five-year hiatus.中断五年后，这支乐队再次开始制作专辑。
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(US) The television network put the show on hiatus [=it stopped broadcasting the show] for several months. = The show went on hiatus for several months.那家电视网停播这个节目达数月之久。