hiatus
/haɪˈeɪtəs/noun
(pl. hiatuses)［usu. in sing.］
1- a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process间歇, 空隙：
there was a brief hiatus in the war with France.
与法国之战有一短暂间歇。
1.1
- Prosody & Grammar a break between two vowels coming together but not in the same syllable, as in the ear and cooperate【诗韵, 语法】元音连读。
派生词
hiatal
adjective词源
mid 16th cent. (originally denoting a physical gap or opening)： from Latin, literally 'gaping', from hiare 'gape'.