pauses

英 [ˈpɔːzɪz]

美 [ˈpɔːzɪz]

v.  暂停; 停顿; (按暂停键)暂停放音，暂停放像
n.  停顿; 停顿的时间; 延长记号; 暂停键
pause的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 停顿；暂停
  If youpausewhile you are doing something, you stop for a short period and then continue.
  1. '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。
  2. He had to pause to clear his throat...
     他不得不停顿一下清清嗓子。
  3. He worked steadily, and fast, pausing only to toss away clumps of grass roots...
     他平稳快速地工作着，只在扔掉草根块儿时停顿一下。
  4. On leaving, she paused for a moment at the door...
     离开时，她在门口停顿了一下。
  5. He talked for two hours without pausing for breath.
     他一连说了两个小时，都没有停顿一下喘口气。
• N-COUNT 停顿；暂停
  Apauseis a short period when you stop doing something before continuing.
  1. 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。”
  2. 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 somethinggivesyoupause for thought, it makes you think carefully about something, especially in a different way than you have thought about it before.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Faster collections mean shorter pauses, and thus better application responsiveness.
  收集更快意味着暂停时间更短，因此应用程序响应性也更好。
• They did this without being directed to mimic tempo or pauses.
  虽然，研究人员并未要求受测者刻意模仿语速和停顿。
• A very common modification to legendary is when he pauses in the middle to add more suspense.
  一个非常常见的legendary的修饰就是当他故意在中间加上停顿制造更多的悬念。
• Salty tears round down her cheeks into her mouth and she pauses to tastes them before looking more distraught.
  咸咸的泪珠从她的脸颊上滚落到她的嘴里，她似乎尝了一下泪水的味道，然后看起来更悲伤了。
• My friends of faraway have moved in my painting and my imagination pauses for this most beautiful moment.
  我的画里住进了远方的朋友，我的想象停留在最美好的时光。
• It also reveals the power of the pauses and noises we use to play for time, convey emotion, doubt and irony.
  这也揭示了暂停的力量和我们通常表现时候的噪音，传达感情，怀疑和讽刺。
• He pauses again& maybe he thinks I've decided to lick the socket, after all.
  他再次停顿了&或许他认为我毕竟决定过要拍插座。
• He pauses, again watching his words.
  他顿了一下，再次斟酌了下措辞。
• Increase the maximum timeout length variable to permit pauses of more than four seconds between knocks.
  增大最大超时长度变量的值可以让两次敲打序列之间暂停4秒以上。
• Use the Debug URL window to control when your application pauses in the debugger.
  使用DebugURL窗口控制应用程序何时暂停。