a break in activity when nothing happens 间断；停滞 After a five-month hiatus, the talks resumed. 中断五个月后，会谈又恢复了。
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a space, especially in a piece of writing or in a speech, where something is missing 空隙；（尤指文章或说话中的）缺漏，漏字，漏句
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally denoting a physical gap): from Latin, literally ‘gaping’, from hiare ‘gape’.