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pause

verb
 
/pɔːz/
/pɔːz/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they pause
/pɔːz/
/pɔːz/
he / she / it pauses
/ˈpɔːzɪz/
/ˈpɔːzɪz/
past simple paused
/pɔːzd/
/pɔːzd/
past participle paused
/pɔːzd/
/pɔːzd/
-ing form pausing
/ˈpɔːzɪŋ/
/ˈpɔːzɪŋ/
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  1.  
    [intransitive] to stop talking or doing something for a short time before continuing暂停；停顿
    • Anita paused for a moment, then said: ‘All right’.安尼塔略停了一会儿，然后说：“好吧”。
    • The woman spoke almost without pausing for breath (= very quickly).那女人说话像放连珠炮似的。
    • I paused at the door and looked back.我停在门口，回头看了看。
    • Pausing only to pull on a sweater, he ran out of the house.他只停下来穿了件毛衣就冲出了屋外。
    Extra Examples
    • Just pause to think before giving me your answer.先想一想再回答我。
    • She paused a moment and then walked away.她犹豫了一下，然后走开了。
    • She paused occasionally to smell the flowers.她偶尔停下来闻闻花香。
    • Without pausing to knock, she opened the door.她没有停下来敲门就打开了门。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • briefly
    • (for) a moment
    • momentarily
    • …
    phrases
    • pause for breath
    • pause for thought
    • pause only long enough to do something
    • …
    See full entry
  2.  
    [transitive] pause something to stop a video, etc. for a short time using the pause button（按暂停键）暂停播放
    • She paused the movie to go and answer the door.她停下电影去开门。
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pausa, from Greek pausis, from pausein ‘to stop’.

pause

noun
 
/pɔːz/
/pɔːz/
Idioms
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  1.  
    [countable] a period of time during which somebody stops talking or stops what they are doing停顿；停顿的时间
    • There was a long pause before she answered.她停了好一会儿才回答。
    • After a brief pause, they continued climbing.他们略停了一下就继续爬山。
    • pause in something David waited for a pause in the conversation so he could ask his question.戴维等着谈话停下来，好问个问题。
    • without pause The rain fell without pause.雨不停地下着。
    Extra Examples
    • He made frequent pauses to catch his breath.他不时停下来喘口气。
    • He read very slowly and with frequent pauses.他读得非常慢，并不时停顿。
    • In the pause that followed, I noticed that he was shaking.接下来的停顿中，我发现他在颤抖。
    • Shall we take a pause here?我们在这里暂停一下好吗？
    • She read the whole text without a pause.她一口气读完了整篇课文。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • brief
    • momentary
    • short
    • …
    verb + pause
    • take
    pause + verb
    • follow
    pause + noun
    • button
    preposition
    • after a/​the pause
    • in a/​the pause
    • with a/ the pause
    • …
    See full entry
  2. [countable] (especially British English)
    (also fermata especially in North American English)
    (music音乐) a sign (͒) over a note or a rest to show that it should be longer than usual延长记号
  3. [uncountable]
    (also pause button)
    a control that allows you to stop a video, etc. for a short time暂停键
    • Press pause to stop the film.按暂停停止影片。
    4. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pausa, from Greek pausis, from pausein ‘to stop’.
Idioms
give (somebody) pause
(also give (somebody) pause for thought)
  1. (formal) to make somebody think seriously about something or hesitate before doing something使认真考虑；使犹豫
    • Popular resistance to the measures should give the government pause.公众对这些措施的抵制应该让政府暂停。
a pregnant pause/silence
  1. an occasion when nobody speaks, although people are aware that there are feelings or thoughts to express耐人寻味的停顿；心照不宣的沉默
    • There was a pregnant pause before she replied.在她回答之前，有一段意味深长的停顿。

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