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

• A small smile flickers across his face, before he pauses, worried about appearing insensitive.
  他脸上闪过一丝微笑，随后停顿了一下，担心这会显得自己不麻木不仁。
• One such area is GC, which typically causes nondeterministic pauses in the application.
  GC就是一个这样的例子，它通常会导致应用程序中的不确定性暂停。
• 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。
• The woman pauses to help gather them.
  这位妇女停了下来帮助他捡。
• The furrowed brow and the pauses are killing me.
  你的皱眉和这沉默真让我难受。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He pauses, again watching his words.
  他顿了一下，再次斟酌了下措辞。
• 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。