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

• Phelps pauses in silence, then points to some of his contemporaries also listed.
  费尔普斯短暂地沉默了一会儿，然后指着一些同样列在纪念碑上的同代人。
• This creates significant extra work for the mutator and garbage collector, but permits much shorter collection pauses.
  这为赋值函数（mutator）和垃圾收集器带来了大量的额外工作，但是可以得到更短的收集暂停。
• On modern JVMs these pauses will not be noticeable for well tuned desktop applications.
  现在的JVM中，由于已经对桌面应用程序进行了高度调优，这些暂停都不易察觉到。
• Increase the maximum timeout length variable to permit pauses of more than four seconds between knocks.
  增大最大超时长度变量的值可以让两次敲打序列之间暂停4秒以上。
• 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 Real-time Specification for Java ( RTSJ) provides various solutions to the problem of GC pauses.
  Java实时规范（RTSJ）为GC暂停的问题提供了多种解决方案。
• Bob Hausler, Plano's mayor, reads the notice aloud and then pauses.
  普莱诺市长鲍勃豪斯勒（BobHausler）大声读出公告上的内容，然后停顿了片刻。
• If pause times are high, application responsiveness can suffer because application activity is halted during GC pauses.
  如果暂停时间值较高，则应用程序响应性就低，因为应用程序活动将在GC暂停期间停止。
• Use Paragraphs: No one likes to read writing that never pauses for a line break.
  使用段落：没有人喜欢读一个行不行之间从不停顿的作品。
• The furrowed brow and the pauses are killing me.
  你的皱眉和这沉默真让我难受。