pause
n.中止，停顿；暂停 v.踌躇 [同]stop
释义2：
pause
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◙ noun1. a temporary stop in action or speech• 暂停，中止；停顿 »she dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain. 当雨暂停时，她停车让我出去。 »[mass noun] the admiral chattered away without pause. 这个海军上将喋喋不休地说个不停。 [Music] a mark (?) over a note or rest that is to be lengthened by an unspecified amount• [乐] 延长符号 (也作 pause button)a control allowing the temporary interruption of an electronic (or mechanical) process, especially video or audio-tape recording or reproduction• （尤指录像或磁带录制、复制过程中的）暂停键◙ verb1. [no obj.] interrupt action or speech briefly• 中止，暂停，停顿 »she paused, at a loss for words. 她停顿了一下，想不出合适的话语。 [with obj.] temporarily interrupt the operation of (a video or audio tape or computer program)• 使（录像带、录音带或计算机程序）停顿 »she had paused a tape on the VCR. 她暂停了一下播放中的录像带。【IDIOMS】
◘ give pause to someone [或give pause for thought] 1. cause someone to think carefully or hesitate before doing something• 使…踌躇，使…犹豫 »the sight of these gives any would-be attacker pause for thought. 看到这些情况，每个可能的攻击者都会踌躇不前。【语源】
1. late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pausa, from Greek pausis, from pausein 'to stop'
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