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

• For each of these STW pauses, Metronome uses the cooperative suspend mechanism in the J9 virtual machine.
  对于每个这样的STW暂停，Metronome在J9虚拟机中使用协作暂停机制。
• 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。
• The furrowed brow and the pauses are killing me.
  你的皱眉和这沉默真让我难受。
• 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。
• 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。
• Bob Hausler, Plano's mayor, reads the notice aloud and then pauses.
  普莱诺市长鲍勃豪斯勒（BobHausler）大声读出公告上的内容，然后停顿了片刻。
• Phelps pauses in silence, then points to some of his contemporaries also listed.
  费尔普斯短暂地沉默了一会儿，然后指着一些同样列在纪念碑上的同代人。
• 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。
• The sick man spoke slowly, with frequent pauses for breath.
  那个病人慢慢地讲着，不时停下来喘息。
• Then he pauses, and that reels in attention.
  然后，他暂停了一下，顿时集中了与会者的注意力。