英语词汇“pause”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词

pause

例句

verb | noun

pausepause1 /pɔz/ verb ► pause

to wait for a short time before you continue speaking or doing something. Pause is used especially in writing. In everyday English, people usually say stop:

She paused for breath and then continued to speak.

Larry paused halfway up the stairs to see if Ann was behind him.

► stop

to pause while you are doing something or going somewhere in order to do something else:

Let's stop at the next restaurant and get something to eat.

► break off

to suddenly stop talking:

Ed broke off in the middle of his story to greet the guest who had just arrived.

► hesitate

to wait for a moment before you do or say something, because you are thinking about what to do or say:

Ping hesitated for a moment before he knocked on the door.

➔ see delay2, stop1

verb | noun

pausepause2 /pɔz/ noun ► pause

a short time when someone or something stops doing something and then starts again:

There was a pause, after which he asked me if I wanted to get something to eat.

We had a bad phone connection and there were long pauses in the conversation.

► break

a period of time when something stops happening, or you stop doing something before you start again. Break is more informal than pause:

There was a little break in the rain, so the kids went outside.

We took a break from studying and went out for coffee.

► intermission

a break in the middle of a play or concert, when the performance stops before starting again a short time later:

There will be a 15-minute intermission between the first and second act.

► interruption

a time when someone makes someone else stop what they are saying or doing for a short time. An interruption is something that you do not want to happen:

I can't concentrate on my homework with all the noise and interruptions at home.

► lull

a short period when there is less activity or noise than usual:

There was a lull in the fighting for about an hour, but the soldiers have started firing again.

► lapse (formal)

the period of time when you do not do something, between two times when you do it:

There was a lapse of ten years before they met again.

➔ see delay1

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