pause
pause
英[pɔːz]美[pɔːz]
v.停顿，暂停放音；
n.停顿，延长记号，暂停键；
复数：pauses;
第三人称单数：pauses;
过去式：paused;
过去分词：paused;
现在分词：pausing;
例句
After a little pause, he went on with his speech.稍停一会儿后, 他又继续讲演。
For a man who held that to take even an ant’s life is evil, the offering of a million lives gives one pause.一个不忍心踩死蚂蚁的人却不珍惜千百万条的生命, 确实令人深思。
Government sources said there would be no prolonged pause in the war.据官方消息,这场战争的时间不会长。
All this plethora of sight, and feeling, and thought occurred on the instant. There was no pause of the realities wherein he moved.尽管林林总总的形象、感觉、思想猛然袭来，在现实中他的行动却并未中断。
His words were followed by a pregnant pause.他说完话, 接着是一段意味深长的停顿。
He came to a pause in reading and then went on reading.他在阅读中停顿了一下, 又继续念下去。
There was a brief pause in the conversation.对话中有短暂的停顿。
We had to pause frequently for breath.我们不得不经常停下来喘口气。
The pause adds punch to the punchline!停顿为笑点增强冲击效果!
Even then, the magical pause can strengthen the punchline.即使这样, 有魔力的停顿依然可以增强笑点.
英语六级真题
A Nation That's Losing Its Toolbox The scene inside the Home Depot on Weyman Avenue here would give the old-time American craftsman pause
出自-2013年6月阅读原文Yet once they start growing, such plants seem not to retain the ability to hit the pause button on metabolism in their stems or leaves.
2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
VERB
停顿；暂停
If you pause while you are doing something, you stop for a short period and then continue.
例句
'It's rather embarrassing,' he began, and paused...“非常令人难堪，”他开口道，然后停顿了一下。He had to pause to clear his throat...他不得不停顿一下清清嗓子。N-COUNT
停顿；暂停
A pause is a short period when you stop doing something before continuing.
例句
After a pause Alex said sharply: 'I'm sorry if I've upset you'...歇了一会儿后，亚历克斯毫不客气地说：“要是让你心烦了，那我很抱歉。”There was a pause while the barmaid set down two plates in front of us.酒吧女招待在我们面前摆放两个盘子时停顿了一下。PHRASE
使认真考虑；使犹豫
If something gives you pause for thought, it makes you think carefully about something, especially in a different way than you have thought about it before.
例句
An opposition spokesman said he hoped the agreement would give them pause for thought about the futility of violence.反对派发言人说他希望协议能够让他们仔细想想暴力行为毫无意义。英汉词典释义
n.
停顿, 暂停
He came to a pause in reading and then went on reading.他在阅读中停顿了一下, 又继续念下去。延长记号
暂停键
vi.
停顿; 暂停
He broke off and paused a moment.他说不下去了, 停了一会儿。（按暂停键）暂停放音，暂停放像
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
2. temporary inactivity
Verb
1. interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing;
"The speaker paused"2. cease an action temporarily;
"We pause for station identification""let's break for lunch"行业词典
医学： 间歇：中断或停顿；
