pause是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a short period in which something such as a sound or an activity is stopped before starting again -- 暂停

  • There will be a brief pause in the proceedings while the piano is moved into place. 在将钢琴搬过去放好之前，活动将暂停一会儿。

  • After a long, awkward pause, someone finally asked a question. 在长得令人尴尬的停顿过后，有人问了个问题。

  • She spoke for three quarters of an hour without so much as a pause. 她一连说了45分钟，连停都没停一下。

  • There followed a pregnant (= filled with meaning) pause in which neither of them knew what to say. 接下来是意味深长的停顿，两人谁也不知道说什么好。

  • I pressed pause/the pause button so I could go make a cup of tea. 我按下了暂停键，这样我可以去泡杯茶。

• 1 to stop doing something for a short time -- 暂停，停顿

  • He paused and thought for a moment. 他停下来想了一会儿。

  • She paused to catch her breath, and then kept on jogging. 她停下来喘了口气，接着继续慢跑。

  • Can you pause the movie there, please? 能请你把电影暂停一下吗？

  • It is now possible to pause and rewind live television. 让实况转播节目暂停或是倒回去重放现在都是可能的了。

  • She paused at key moments in the scene. 在这个场景的关键时刻，她暂停了一下。