pause
verb
noun
pɔːz
verb
1
to
stop
speaking
or
doing
something
for
a
short
time
before
starting
again
暂停，停顿
I
[+
for
]
She
paused
for
a
moment.
她停顿了一会儿。
He
paused
for
breath
,
then
continued
up
the
hill.
他停下来喘口气继续上山。
‘No,’
he
replied,
without
pausing
for
thought
.
“不是的。”他想都不想就回答道。
pause
to
do
sth
Joe
paused
to
consider
his
answer.
乔停顿了一下考虑怎么回答。
2
to
push
a
button
on
a
tape
player,
CD
player,
computer
etc
in
order
to
make
a
tape,
CD
etc
stop
playing
for
a
short
time
〔按暂停键〕（使）暂停放音;（使）暂停放像
I,T
noun
3
a
short
time
during
which
someone
stops
speaking
or
doing
something
before
starting
again
暂停，停顿
There
was
a
pause
while
Alice
changed
the
tape.
艾丽丝换磁带的时候出现了短暂的停顿。
After
a
long
pause
,
she
went
on.
停了好一会儿，她才继续下去。
[+
in
]
an
awkward
pause
in
the
conversation
谈话中尴尬的停顿
4
pause button
also
又作
a
control
which
allows
you
to
stop
a
CD
PLAYER
,
VIDEO
RECORDER
etc
for
a
short
time
and
start
it
again
暂停键
5
a
mark
(
;
)
over
a
musical
note,
showing
that
the
note
is
to
be
played
or
sung
longer
than
usual
〔音符上的〕延长记号
6
give sb pause (for thought)
to
make
someone
stop
and
consider
carefully
what
they
are
doing
使某人停下来（仔细考虑）
an
avoidable
accident
that
should
give
us
all
pause
for
thought
应该让我们都停下来仔细思考的一次本可以避免的事故