pause

[US]/pɔːz/
[UK]/pɔːz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 暂停;间歇
vi. 暂停,停顿,中止
Word Forms
现在分词pausing
第三人称单数pauses
复数pauses
过去式paused
过去分词paused

Phrases & Collocations

brief pause

短暂停顿

pause and ponder

踌躇;停下来好好想一想

give pause to

vt. 使人踌躇

pause button

暂停键;暂停按钮

Example Sentences

There was a brief pause in the conversation.

对话中有短暂的停顿。

a short pause in the conversation;

对话的短暂中断;

she paused at the bottom of the stairs.

她在楼梯底下停了片刻。

she paused in perplexity.

她困惑地停顿了一下。

He paused for an instant.

他停了一会儿。

He made a pause and then went on reading.

他停顿了一下, 然后又读下去。

He paused for a moment.

他踌躇了一会儿。

He paused before replying.

他犹豫了片刻才回答

We had to pause frequently for breath.

我们不得不经常停下来喘口气。

She paused a moment to consider.

她停下来考虑了一会儿。

The joggers paused to catch their breath.

慢跑者们暂停下来以便喘口气。

she paused to crunch a ginger biscuit.

她停下来,大声地咬着姜汁饼干。

often they had to pause to allow him to keep up.

他们时常不得不暂停下来,等他跟上来。

she paused, at a loss for words.

她停顿了一下,想不出合适的话语。

she had paused a tape on the VCR.

她暂停了一下播放中的录像带。

he paused for a while to philosophize on racial equality.

他停顿一会儿,接着大谈种族平等。

she paused to glance round admiringly at the décor.

她停下来赞赏地环视了一下房间的装饰。

She paused to tie her shoe.

她停下来系鞋带。

paused for a while under the huge oak tree.

在一巨大的橡树下驻足片刻

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