Definition of pause in English:

pause

verb pɔːzpɔz

[no object]

1Interrupt action or speech briefly.
中止，暂停，停顿
she paused, at a loss for words
她停住了，不知说啥好。
Example sentencesExamples
- Outside his headquarters I paused to rest for a moment on one of the benches.
- Amy and Carrie paused their aimless conversation to look at me, incredulously.
- He headed straight for his kettle and teapot, not even pausing as he pulled off his hat and mask and tossed them on the couch.
- I pause, watching as she gazes forlornly out the window.
- Her dark blue eyes made him pause a second longer.
- She winked at him and left the living room, pausing briefly to readjust the shawl one more time.
- She continued her speech after pausing to look me up and down with disgust.
- He might pause at the office briefly before leaving for the day.
- At midday, buses will pull to the side of the road, black cabs will stop and people will pause in their daily routine.
- I pause, waiting to see if he's still with me, if he has understood.
- She pulled the wrapping paper from the gift, pausing only briefly at the nondescript box.
- They moved like this for a long time, pausing every so often to monitor their surroundings.
- He pauses to watch a truck pass through a gate, then continues, almost conspiratorially.
- He took a step closer to her, pausing briefly to see if she would move away.
- They discovered that men are almost twice a likely as women to pause or hesitate when talking.
- I pause, watching as he extracts a beer bottle from inside the fridge.
- Walking down his driveway, he pauses briefly to wave goodbye to the couple.
- They wandered about a little while, pausing briefly to pull on their boots.
- The guy pauses a moment, then grants that this proposition seems doubtful.
- The guy paused in his speech, mentally marking the place he was up to and pondered the question for a moment.
Synonyms
stop, cease, halt, discontinue, break off, take a break, take a breath
adjourn, desist, rest, hold back, wait, delay, hesitate, hang back, pull up, mark time, falter, waver
informal let up, take a breather
1. 1.1with object Temporarily interrupt the operation of (a process or device)
  使（录像带、录音带或计算机程序）暂停
  she had paused a tape on the VCR
  她暂停了一下播放中的录像带。
  Example sentencesExamples
  For example, you can pause your favourite television programme while you grab a snack or go to the toilet.
  Better still, you will be able to pause the download operation, disconnect, make a phone call and then resume.
  Trying to deal with the embarrassing situation, the reporter had to pause the camera, comfort him and patiently tell him what he needed to say.
  Hunter suddenly got the feeling that he knew her, so thanks to modern technology, he was able to pause the television on the shot of the woman.
  There are occasional compression artifacts: if you pause the image, you may see vertical bands of pixels.
  Fay squealed seconds later, pausing the tape and pointing at the figure on the screen.
  I laughed at his silliness, asked Holly to pause the movie for a second, and got up to go out to the kitchen.
  She can then fast forward, rewind and pause it at any time over the next 24 hours.
  It also offers functions like those found on TiVo, like pausing live action.
  You can pause live television programmes and then go back to where you left off when you press play.
  One additional feature of these devices is the ability to pause normal TV shows.
  He would pause the tape when this occurred, and then record what was said in his notebook.
  I get to pause video to have arguments with friends whether a foot was in bounds or not, and I can watch a great touchdown pass as many times as I want.
  The system allows viewers to watch, fast-forward, rewind and pause digital movies.
  A remote control is a terrible thing: we can pause the film to make a cup of tea, fast forward boring bits, and rewind scenes that we weren't really paying attention to.
  I got nothing else to say on his answer, because I'd have to pause the tape again until I stop laughing.
  It will reconnect at any time; pause it, quit it, turn the computer off, you can start the download again and it's fine.
  Users can pause live TV, rewind and set up recordings - all without an advanced degree in VCR technology.
  TiVo wowed most observers with its ability to pause live television.
  He pulled one head phone out of his ear and pressed another button on the contraption to pause the music.

noun pɔːzpɔz

1A temporary stop in action or speech.
暂停，中止；停顿
she dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain
当雨暂停时，她停车让我出去。
mass noun he chattered away without pause
这个海军上将喋喋不休地说个不停。
Example sentencesExamples
- She stopped pacing, her pause leaving her gazing out the window.
- There will be a brief pause while I gather my outrage.
- The tension in the group was evident through the pregnant pause in speech.
- Without pause, he grabbed the tree branch and pulled himself up into the hollow of the tree.
- And there is a pause in your speech, but I can tell you would still like to say more.
- At first, you could see that the wrestlers were playing along with the crowd, deliberately leaving pauses during their speeches.
- Cues pertaining to verbal qualities included such features as pitch of voice, details of story, pauses in speech, and laughing.
- This is a really bad way of dividing up the available airwaves because it means that the spaces and pauses in speech get the same priority as the words.
- Without pause, he rode towards them and ordered them to take down a section of fence.
- After a brief pause, it stopped momentarily on another tree.
- They often required careful, unnatural speech, with pauses after every word, and their transcription error rate was unacceptably high.
- After a brief pause, he said ‘Sorry, mate, but there's a dress code.’
- From time to time, he stopped and, after a brief pause, continued his barbed tirade against the desecrators of the Sabbath.
- I keep seeing clips of him addressing audiences a few years ago and he didn't have the awkward pauses in his speech.
- It's a text without spacing, a speech without pause for breath.
- He also used speech pauses effectively to drive home his messages.
- After a brief pause, Felix returns to the phone and the line starts ringing.
- I could not understand why a performance with no scenery changes should require anything but the briefest of pauses between items.
- I heard the shower stop, a brief pause, then the whirr of an electric toothbrush started up.
- After a brief pause for judging, it will continue on to the community centre where refreshments for all participants will be served.
Synonyms
stop, cessation, break, halt, stoppage, standstill, interruption, check, lull, respite, stay, breathing space, discontinuation, discontinuance, hiatus, gap, lapse (of time), interlude, intermission, interval, entr'acte
adjournment, suspension, moratorium, interregnum
rest, time out, stopover, delay, hold-up, wait
hesitation, beat, caesura
informal let-up, breather
1. 1.1Music A mark over a note or rest that is to be lengthened by an unspecified amount.
  〔乐〕延长符号
  Example sentencesExamples
  Top it off with arrhythmic choruses drenched in vocoder effects and music pauses, and you have the blueprint for the entire album.
  In the 5th Symphony he dispenses with the pause before the finale.
  There are a few pauses in the Allegro moderato and the final movement is quite thrilling in its peroration.
2. 1.2 A control allowing the temporary interruption of recording, playback, or other process.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Okay, let's hit the pause button and review what just happened.
  It was as if someone hit the pause button; they knew we were here.
  ‘I don't think so,’ snapped Kyle, holding up the remote control and pressing the pause button.
  You press the pause button and a series of commercials start playing… who should get the money?
  She hit the pause button on the music and opened the door.
  Malcolm hit the pause button as I reached over and grabbed the phone.
  Cast and crew biographies are inconsequential for those with Internet access, and the still gallery could be recreated at whim by using the pause button.
  I'm gonna have to wait till I get the dvd and can use the pause button though.
  However, hit the pause button before then, and you could probably sing the simple chorus melody before you even hear it.
  So have I, actually, because I taped it three days ago off MTV2 and have a pause button on my video recorder.
  At times I had to stab the pause button on my remote control while enduring this concert; such was the convulsion of my laughter.
  The way it looks now you'll use the pause button a lot more.
  The game allows it to be played as turn-based and the instructions encourage you to use the pause button (space bar) frequently to plan your moves.
  But when he noticed me, he pushed the pause button and looked at me with his big blue eyes, looking kind of curious or even worried.
  Press the pause button, take a leak, come back and continue watching from where you left off.
  She hit the pause button, and I saw my own foolish-looking face, past her shoulder, frozen on the screen.
  When he noticed who it was, Mike glared at us as he pushed the pause button on the remote.
  The same effect could be achieved by using the pause button on a DVD player.
  If you want to get a good look at anything, the pause button might be your best friend.
  It was as if someone had pressed the pause button during a movie.

Phrases

give pause to someone (or give someone pause for thought)

Cause someone to think carefully or hesitate before doing something.
使踌躇，使犹豫
the sight of these gives any would-be attacker pause for thought
看到这些情况，每个可能的攻击者都会踌躇不前。
Example sentencesExamples
- It may have been unfair, but did it not give you pause for thought?
- This was a good point, and gave me pause for thought.
- But the notion of ‘celebrating’ any culture should give us pause for thought.
- Now there's something to give you pause for thought.
- I completely understand that, and, to be honest, it gives me pause for thought.
- The result, from what we can guess from the data, should also give them pause for thought.
- If it doesn't give you pause for thought, even in a world besieged by bad news, you aren't paying attention.
- The Athens experience should give us pause for thought.
- There was something about the whole deal, however, which gave me pause for thought.
- But there are lessons from history here that, at the very least, should give us pause for thought.
Synonyms
make serious, make more serious

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pausa, from Greek pausis, from pausein 'to stop'.

Pause goes back to Greek pausis, from pausein ‘to stop’. This is the same root as repose (Late Middle English), and pose (ME as a verb, but only E19th as a noun). The French word poseur was adopted in the late 19th century. See also puzzle

Video

Rhymes

applause, Azores, cause, clause, Dors, drawers, gauze, hawse, indoors, Laws, outdoors, plus-fours, quatorze, Santa Claus, taws, tawse, yaws, yours

Definition of pause in US English:

pause

verbpɔzpôz

[no object]

1Interrupt action or speech briefly.
中止，暂停，停顿
she paused, at a loss for words
她停住了，不知说啥好。
Example sentencesExamples
- She winked at him and left the living room, pausing briefly to readjust the shawl one more time.
- They discovered that men are almost twice a likely as women to pause or hesitate when talking.
- He took a step closer to her, pausing briefly to see if she would move away.
- The guy pauses a moment, then grants that this proposition seems doubtful.
- He might pause at the office briefly before leaving for the day.
- I pause, waiting to see if he's still with me, if he has understood.
- She continued her speech after pausing to look me up and down with disgust.
- He headed straight for his kettle and teapot, not even pausing as he pulled off his hat and mask and tossed them on the couch.
- They wandered about a little while, pausing briefly to pull on their boots.
- The guy paused in his speech, mentally marking the place he was up to and pondered the question for a moment.
- Walking down his driveway, he pauses briefly to wave goodbye to the couple.
- Outside his headquarters I paused to rest for a moment on one of the benches.
- Amy and Carrie paused their aimless conversation to look at me, incredulously.
- I pause, watching as he extracts a beer bottle from inside the fridge.
- I pause, watching as she gazes forlornly out the window.
- He pauses to watch a truck pass through a gate, then continues, almost conspiratorially.
- They moved like this for a long time, pausing every so often to monitor their surroundings.
- Her dark blue eyes made him pause a second longer.
- She pulled the wrapping paper from the gift, pausing only briefly at the nondescript box.
- At midday, buses will pull to the side of the road, black cabs will stop and people will pause in their daily routine.
Synonyms
stop, cease, halt, discontinue, break off, take a break, take a breath
1. 1.1with object Temporarily interrupt the operation of (a videotape, audiotape, or computer program)
  使（录像带、录音带或计算机程序）暂停
  she had paused a tape on the VCR
  她暂停了一下播放中的录像带。
  Example sentencesExamples
  A remote control is a terrible thing: we can pause the film to make a cup of tea, fast forward boring bits, and rewind scenes that we weren't really paying attention to.
  I laughed at his silliness, asked Holly to pause the movie for a second, and got up to go out to the kitchen.
  There are occasional compression artifacts: if you pause the image, you may see vertical bands of pixels.
  Users can pause live TV, rewind and set up recordings - all without an advanced degree in VCR technology.
  Fay squealed seconds later, pausing the tape and pointing at the figure on the screen.
  Trying to deal with the embarrassing situation, the reporter had to pause the camera, comfort him and patiently tell him what he needed to say.
  One additional feature of these devices is the ability to pause normal TV shows.
  It will reconnect at any time; pause it, quit it, turn the computer off, you can start the download again and it's fine.
  The system allows viewers to watch, fast-forward, rewind and pause digital movies.
  It also offers functions like those found on TiVo, like pausing live action.
  TiVo wowed most observers with its ability to pause live television.
  For example, you can pause your favourite television programme while you grab a snack or go to the toilet.
  I got nothing else to say on his answer, because I'd have to pause the tape again until I stop laughing.
  You can pause live television programmes and then go back to where you left off when you press play.
  Better still, you will be able to pause the download operation, disconnect, make a phone call and then resume.
  He pulled one head phone out of his ear and pressed another button on the contraption to pause the music.
  Hunter suddenly got the feeling that he knew her, so thanks to modern technology, he was able to pause the television on the shot of the woman.
  He would pause the tape when this occurred, and then record what was said in his notebook.
  She can then fast forward, rewind and pause it at any time over the next 24 hours.
  I get to pause video to have arguments with friends whether a foot was in bounds or not, and I can watch a great touchdown pass as many times as I want.

nounpɔzpôz

1A temporary stop in action or speech.
暂停，中止；停顿
she dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain
当雨暂停时，她停车让我出去。
the admiral chattered away without pause
这个海军上将喋喋不休地说个不停。
Example sentencesExamples
- He also used speech pauses effectively to drive home his messages.
- From time to time, he stopped and, after a brief pause, continued his barbed tirade against the desecrators of the Sabbath.
- I could not understand why a performance with no scenery changes should require anything but the briefest of pauses between items.
- It's a text without spacing, a speech without pause for breath.
- I keep seeing clips of him addressing audiences a few years ago and he didn't have the awkward pauses in his speech.
- Cues pertaining to verbal qualities included such features as pitch of voice, details of story, pauses in speech, and laughing.
- At first, you could see that the wrestlers were playing along with the crowd, deliberately leaving pauses during their speeches.
- She stopped pacing, her pause leaving her gazing out the window.
- There will be a brief pause while I gather my outrage.
- After a brief pause for judging, it will continue on to the community centre where refreshments for all participants will be served.
- After a brief pause, Felix returns to the phone and the line starts ringing.
- Without pause, he grabbed the tree branch and pulled himself up into the hollow of the tree.
- This is a really bad way of dividing up the available airwaves because it means that the spaces and pauses in speech get the same priority as the words.
- Without pause, he rode towards them and ordered them to take down a section of fence.
- They often required careful, unnatural speech, with pauses after every word, and their transcription error rate was unacceptably high.
- After a brief pause, he said ‘Sorry, mate, but there's a dress code.’
- The tension in the group was evident through the pregnant pause in speech.
- After a brief pause, it stopped momentarily on another tree.
- I heard the shower stop, a brief pause, then the whirr of an electric toothbrush started up.
- And there is a pause in your speech, but I can tell you would still like to say more.
Synonyms
stop, cessation, break, halt, stoppage, standstill, interruption, check, lull, respite, stay, breathing space, discontinuation, discontinuance, hiatus, gap, lapse, lapse of time, interlude, intermission, interval, entr'acte
1. 1.1Music A mark over a note or rest that is to be lengthened by an unspecified amount; a fermata.
  〔乐〕延长符号
  Example sentencesExamples
  There are a few pauses in the Allegro moderato and the final movement is quite thrilling in its peroration.
  Top it off with arrhythmic choruses drenched in vocoder effects and music pauses, and you have the blueprint for the entire album.
  In the 5th Symphony he dispenses with the pause before the finale.
2. 1.2 A control allowing the temporary interruption of an electronic (or mechanical) process, especially video or audio recording or reproduction.
  （尤指录像或磁带录制、复制过程中的）暂停键
  Example sentencesExamples
  You press the pause button and a series of commercials start playing… who should get the money?
  The way it looks now you'll use the pause button a lot more.
  If you want to get a good look at anything, the pause button might be your best friend.
  Press the pause button, take a leak, come back and continue watching from where you left off.
  The same effect could be achieved by using the pause button on a DVD player.
  She hit the pause button, and I saw my own foolish-looking face, past her shoulder, frozen on the screen.
  I'm gonna have to wait till I get the dvd and can use the pause button though.
  But when he noticed me, he pushed the pause button and looked at me with his big blue eyes, looking kind of curious or even worried.
  When he noticed who it was, Mike glared at us as he pushed the pause button on the remote.
  However, hit the pause button before then, and you could probably sing the simple chorus melody before you even hear it.
  She hit the pause button on the music and opened the door.
  ‘I don't think so,’ snapped Kyle, holding up the remote control and pressing the pause button.
  Malcolm hit the pause button as I reached over and grabbed the phone.
  So have I, actually, because I taped it three days ago off MTV2 and have a pause button on my video recorder.
  At times I had to stab the pause button on my remote control while enduring this concert; such was the convulsion of my laughter.
  Cast and crew biographies are inconsequential for those with Internet access, and the still gallery could be recreated at whim by using the pause button.
  The game allows it to be played as turn-based and the instructions encourage you to use the pause button (space bar) frequently to plan your moves.
  It was as if someone hit the pause button; they knew we were here.
  It was as if someone had pressed the pause button during a movie.
  Okay, let's hit the pause button and review what just happened.

Phrases

give someone pause

Cause someone to think carefully or hesitate before doing something.
使踌躇，使犹豫
public outrage has given him pause
Example sentencesExamples
- I completely understand that, and, to be honest, it gives me pause for thought.
- The Athens experience should give us pause for thought.
- But the notion of ‘celebrating’ any culture should give us pause for thought.
- This was a good point, and gave me pause for thought.
- The result, from what we can guess from the data, should also give them pause for thought.
- Now there's something to give you pause for thought.
- There was something about the whole deal, however, which gave me pause for thought.
- If it doesn't give you pause for thought, even in a world besieged by bad news, you aren't paying attention.
- It may have been unfair, but did it not give you pause for thought?
- But there are lessons from history here that, at the very least, should give us pause for thought.
Synonyms
make serious, make more serious

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pausa, from Greek pausis, from pausein ‘to stop’.

词汇	pause
释义	Definition of pause in English: pause verb pɔːzpɔz [no object] 1Interrupt action or speech briefly. 中止，暂停，停顿 she paused, at a loss for words 她停住了，不知说啥好。 Example sentencesExamples Outside his headquarters I paused to rest for a moment on one of the benches. Amy and Carrie paused their aimless conversation to look at me, incredulously. He headed straight for his kettle and teapot, not even pausing as he pulled off his hat and mask and tossed them on the couch. I pause, watching as she gazes forlornly out the window. Her dark blue eyes made him pause a second longer. She winked at him and left the living room, pausing briefly to readjust the shawl one more time. She continued her speech after pausing to look me up and down with disgust. He might pause at the office briefly before leaving for the day. At midday, buses will pull to the side of the road, black cabs will stop and people will pause in their daily routine. I pause, waiting to see if he's still with me, if he has understood. She pulled the wrapping paper from the gift, pausing only briefly at the nondescript box. They moved like this for a long time, pausing every so often to monitor their surroundings. He pauses to watch a truck pass through a gate, then continues, almost conspiratorially. He took a step closer to her, pausing briefly to see if she would move away. They discovered that men are almost twice a likely as women to pause or hesitate when talking. I pause, watching as he extracts a beer bottle from inside the fridge. Walking down his driveway, he pauses briefly to wave goodbye to the couple. They wandered about a little while, pausing briefly to pull on their boots. The guy pauses a moment, then grants that this proposition seems doubtful. The guy paused in his speech, mentally marking the place he was up to and pondered the question for a moment. Synonyms stop, cease, halt, discontinue, break off, take a break, take a breath adjourn, desist, rest, hold back, wait, delay, hesitate, hang back, pull up, mark time, falter, waver informal let up, take a breather 1.1with object Temporarily interrupt the operation of (a process or device) 使（录像带、录音带或计算机程序）暂停 she had paused a tape on the VCR 她暂停了一下播放中的录像带。 Example sentencesExamples For example, you can pause your favourite television programme while you grab a snack or go to the toilet. Better still, you will be able to pause the download operation, disconnect, make a phone call and then resume. Trying to deal with the embarrassing situation, the reporter had to pause the camera, comfort him and patiently tell him what he needed to say. Hunter suddenly got the feeling that he knew her, so thanks to modern technology, he was able to pause the television on the shot of the woman. There are occasional compression artifacts: if you pause the image, you may see vertical bands of pixels. Fay squealed seconds later, pausing the tape and pointing at the figure on the screen. I laughed at his silliness, asked Holly to pause the movie for a second, and got up to go out to the kitchen. She can then fast forward, rewind and pause it at any time over the next 24 hours. It also offers functions like those found on TiVo, like pausing live action. You can pause live television programmes and then go back to where you left off when you press play. One additional feature of these devices is the ability to pause normal TV shows. He would pause the tape when this occurred, and then record what was said in his notebook. I get to pause video to have arguments with friends whether a foot was in bounds or not, and I can watch a great touchdown pass as many times as I want. The system allows viewers to watch, fast-forward, rewind and pause digital movies. A remote control is a terrible thing: we can pause the film to make a cup of tea, fast forward boring bits, and rewind scenes that we weren't really paying attention to. I got nothing else to say on his answer, because I'd have to pause the tape again until I stop laughing. It will reconnect at any time; pause it, quit it, turn the computer off, you can start the download again and it's fine. Users can pause live TV, rewind and set up recordings - all without an advanced degree in VCR technology. TiVo wowed most observers with its ability to pause live television. He pulled one head phone out of his ear and pressed another button on the contraption to pause the music. noun pɔːzpɔz 1A temporary stop in action or speech. 暂停，中止；停顿 she dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain 当雨暂停时，她停车让我出去。 mass noun he chattered away without pause 这个海军上将喋喋不休地说个不停。 Example sentencesExamples She stopped pacing, her pause leaving her gazing out the window. There will be a brief pause while I gather my outrage. The tension in the group was evident through the pregnant pause in speech. Without pause, he grabbed the tree branch and pulled himself up into the hollow of the tree. And there is a pause in your speech, but I can tell you would still like to say more. At first, you could see that the wrestlers were playing along with the crowd, deliberately leaving pauses during their speeches. Cues pertaining to verbal qualities included such features as pitch of voice, details of story, pauses in speech, and laughing. This is a really bad way of dividing up the available airwaves because it means that the spaces and pauses in speech get the same priority as the words. Without pause, he rode towards them and ordered them to take down a section of fence. After a brief pause, it stopped momentarily on another tree. They often required careful, unnatural speech, with pauses after every word, and their transcription error rate was unacceptably high. After a brief pause, he said ‘Sorry, mate, but there's a dress code.’ From time to time, he stopped and, after a brief pause, continued his barbed tirade against the desecrators of the Sabbath. I keep seeing clips of him addressing audiences a few years ago and he didn't have the awkward pauses in his speech. It's a text without spacing, a speech without pause for breath. He also used speech pauses effectively to drive home his messages. After a brief pause, Felix returns to the phone and the line starts ringing. I could not understand why a performance with no scenery changes should require anything but the briefest of pauses between items. I heard the shower stop, a brief pause, then the whirr of an electric toothbrush started up. After a brief pause for judging, it will continue on to the community centre where refreshments for all participants will be served. Synonyms stop, cessation, break, halt, stoppage, standstill, interruption, check, lull, respite, stay, breathing space, discontinuation, discontinuance, hiatus, gap, lapse (of time), interlude, intermission, interval, entr'acte adjournment, suspension, moratorium, interregnum rest, time out, stopover, delay, hold-up, wait hesitation, beat, caesura informal let-up, breather 1.1Music A mark over a note or rest that is to be lengthened by an unspecified amount. 〔乐〕延长符号 Example sentencesExamples Top it off with arrhythmic choruses drenched in vocoder effects and music pauses, and you have the blueprint for the entire album. In the 5th Symphony he dispenses with the pause before the finale. There are a few pauses in the Allegro moderato and the final movement is quite thrilling in its peroration. 1.2 A control allowing the temporary interruption of recording, playback, or other process. Example sentencesExamples Okay, let's hit the pause button and review what just happened. It was as if someone hit the pause button; they knew we were here. ‘I don't think so,’ snapped Kyle, holding up the remote control and pressing the pause button. You press the pause button and a series of commercials start playing… who should get the money? She hit the pause button on the music and opened the door. Malcolm hit the pause button as I reached over and grabbed the phone. Cast and crew biographies are inconsequential for those with Internet access, and the still gallery could be recreated at whim by using the pause button. I'm gonna have to wait till I get the dvd and can use the pause button though. However, hit the pause button before then, and you could probably sing the simple chorus melody before you even hear it. So have I, actually, because I taped it three days ago off MTV2 and have a pause button on my video recorder. At times I had to stab the pause button on my remote control while enduring this concert; such was the convulsion of my laughter. The way it looks now you'll use the pause button a lot more. The game allows it to be played as turn-based and the instructions encourage you to use the pause button (space bar) frequently to plan your moves. But when he noticed me, he pushed the pause button and looked at me with his big blue eyes, looking kind of curious or even worried. Press the pause button, take a leak, come back and continue watching from where you left off. She hit the pause button, and I saw my own foolish-looking face, past her shoulder, frozen on the screen. When he noticed who it was, Mike glared at us as he pushed the pause button on the remote. The same effect could be achieved by using the pause button on a DVD player. If you want to get a good look at anything, the pause button might be your best friend. It was as if someone had pressed the pause button during a movie. Phrases give pause to someone (or give someone pause for thought) Cause someone to think carefully or hesitate before doing something. 使踌躇，使犹豫 the sight of these gives any would-be attacker pause for thought 看到这些情况，每个可能的攻击者都会踌躇不前。 Example sentencesExamples It may have been unfair, but did it not give you pause for thought? This was a good point, and gave me pause for thought. But the notion of ‘celebrating’ any culture should give us pause for thought. Now there's something to give you pause for thought. I completely understand that, and, to be honest, it gives me pause for thought. The result, from what we can guess from the data, should also give them pause for thought. If it doesn't give you pause for thought, even in a world besieged by bad news, you aren't paying attention. The Athens experience should give us pause for thought. There was something about the whole deal, however, which gave me pause for thought. But there are lessons from history here that, at the very least, should give us pause for thought. Synonyms make serious, make more serious Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pausa, from Greek pausis, from pausein 'to stop'. Pause goes back to Greek pausis, from pausein ‘to stop’. This is the same root as repose (Late Middle English), and pose (ME as a verb, but only E19th as a noun). The French word poseur was adopted in the late 19th century. See also puzzle Video Rhymes applause, Azores, cause, clause, Dors, drawers, gauze, hawse, indoors, Laws, outdoors, plus-fours, quatorze, Santa Claus, taws, tawse, yaws, yours verb.1 phr. Definition of pause in US English: pause verbpɔzpôz [no object] 1Interrupt action or speech briefly. 中止，暂停，停顿 she paused, at a loss for words 她停住了，不知说啥好。 Example sentencesExamples She winked at him and left the living room, pausing briefly to readjust the shawl one more time. They discovered that men are almost twice a likely as women to pause or hesitate when talking. He took a step closer to her, pausing briefly to see if she would move away. The guy pauses a moment, then grants that this proposition seems doubtful. He might pause at the office briefly before leaving for the day. I pause, waiting to see if he's still with me, if he has understood. She continued her speech after pausing to look me up and down with disgust. He headed straight for his kettle and teapot, not even pausing as he pulled off his hat and mask and tossed them on the couch. They wandered about a little while, pausing briefly to pull on their boots. The guy paused in his speech, mentally marking the place he was up to and pondered the question for a moment. Walking down his driveway, he pauses briefly to wave goodbye to the couple. Outside his headquarters I paused to rest for a moment on one of the benches. Amy and Carrie paused their aimless conversation to look at me, incredulously. I pause, watching as he extracts a beer bottle from inside the fridge. I pause, watching as she gazes forlornly out the window. He pauses to watch a truck pass through a gate, then continues, almost conspiratorially. They moved like this for a long time, pausing every so often to monitor their surroundings. Her dark blue eyes made him pause a second longer. She pulled the wrapping paper from the gift, pausing only briefly at the nondescript box. At midday, buses will pull to the side of the road, black cabs will stop and people will pause in their daily routine. Synonyms stop, cease, halt, discontinue, break off, take a break, take a breath 1.1with object Temporarily interrupt the operation of (a videotape, audiotape, or computer program) 使（录像带、录音带或计算机程序）暂停 she had paused a tape on the VCR 她暂停了一下播放中的录像带。 Example sentencesExamples A remote control is a terrible thing: we can pause the film to make a cup of tea, fast forward boring bits, and rewind scenes that we weren't really paying attention to. I laughed at his silliness, asked Holly to pause the movie for a second, and got up to go out to the kitchen. There are occasional compression artifacts: if you pause the image, you may see vertical bands of pixels. Users can pause live TV, rewind and set up recordings - all without an advanced degree in VCR technology. Fay squealed seconds later, pausing the tape and pointing at the figure on the screen. Trying to deal with the embarrassing situation, the reporter had to pause the camera, comfort him and patiently tell him what he needed to say. One additional feature of these devices is the ability to pause normal TV shows. It will reconnect at any time; pause it, quit it, turn the computer off, you can start the download again and it's fine. The system allows viewers to watch, fast-forward, rewind and pause digital movies. It also offers functions like those found on TiVo, like pausing live action. TiVo wowed most observers with its ability to pause live television. For example, you can pause your favourite television programme while you grab a snack or go to the toilet. I got nothing else to say on his answer, because I'd have to pause the tape again until I stop laughing. You can pause live television programmes and then go back to where you left off when you press play. Better still, you will be able to pause the download operation, disconnect, make a phone call and then resume. He pulled one head phone out of his ear and pressed another button on the contraption to pause the music. Hunter suddenly got the feeling that he knew her, so thanks to modern technology, he was able to pause the television on the shot of the woman. He would pause the tape when this occurred, and then record what was said in his notebook. She can then fast forward, rewind and pause it at any time over the next 24 hours. I get to pause video to have arguments with friends whether a foot was in bounds or not, and I can watch a great touchdown pass as many times as I want. nounpɔzpôz 1A temporary stop in action or speech. 暂停，中止；停顿 she dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain 当雨暂停时，她停车让我出去。 the admiral chattered away without pause 这个海军上将喋喋不休地说个不停。 Example sentencesExamples He also used speech pauses effectively to drive home his messages. From time to time, he stopped and, after a brief pause, continued his barbed tirade against the desecrators of the Sabbath. I could not understand why a performance with no scenery changes should require anything but the briefest of pauses between items. It's a text without spacing, a speech without pause for breath. I keep seeing clips of him addressing audiences a few years ago and he didn't have the awkward pauses in his speech. Cues pertaining to verbal qualities included such features as pitch of voice, details of story, pauses in speech, and laughing. At first, you could see that the wrestlers were playing along with the crowd, deliberately leaving pauses during their speeches. She stopped pacing, her pause leaving her gazing out the window. There will be a brief pause while I gather my outrage. After a brief pause for judging, it will continue on to the community centre where refreshments for all participants will be served. After a brief pause, Felix returns to the phone and the line starts ringing. Without pause, he grabbed the tree branch and pulled himself up into the hollow of the tree. This is a really bad way of dividing up the available airwaves because it means that the spaces and pauses in speech get the same priority as the words. Without pause, he rode towards them and ordered them to take down a section of fence. They often required careful, unnatural speech, with pauses after every word, and their transcription error rate was unacceptably high. After a brief pause, he said ‘Sorry, mate, but there's a dress code.’ The tension in the group was evident through the pregnant pause in speech. After a brief pause, it stopped momentarily on another tree. I heard the shower stop, a brief pause, then the whirr of an electric toothbrush started up. And there is a pause in your speech, but I can tell you would still like to say more. Synonyms stop, cessation, break, halt, stoppage, standstill, interruption, check, lull, respite, stay, breathing space, discontinuation, discontinuance, hiatus, gap, lapse, lapse of time, interlude, intermission, interval, entr'acte 1.1Music A mark over a note or rest that is to be lengthened by an unspecified amount; a fermata. 〔乐〕延长符号 Example sentencesExamples There are a few pauses in the Allegro moderato and the final movement is quite thrilling in its peroration. Top it off with arrhythmic choruses drenched in vocoder effects and music pauses, and you have the blueprint for the entire album. In the 5th Symphony he dispenses with the pause before the finale. 1.2 A control allowing the temporary interruption of an electronic (or mechanical) process, especially video or audio recording or reproduction. （尤指录像或磁带录制、复制过程中的）暂停键 Example sentencesExamples You press the pause button and a series of commercials start playing… who should get the money? The way it looks now you'll use the pause button a lot more. If you want to get a good look at anything, the pause button might be your best friend. Press the pause button, take a leak, come back and continue watching from where you left off. The same effect could be achieved by using the pause button on a DVD player. She hit the pause button, and I saw my own foolish-looking face, past her shoulder, frozen on the screen. I'm gonna have to wait till I get the dvd and can use the pause button though. But when he noticed me, he pushed the pause button and looked at me with his big blue eyes, looking kind of curious or even worried. When he noticed who it was, Mike glared at us as he pushed the pause button on the remote. However, hit the pause button before then, and you could probably sing the simple chorus melody before you even hear it. She hit the pause button on the music and opened the door. ‘I don't think so,’ snapped Kyle, holding up the remote control and pressing the pause button. Malcolm hit the pause button as I reached over and grabbed the phone. So have I, actually, because I taped it three days ago off MTV2 and have a pause button on my video recorder. At times I had to stab the pause button on my remote control while enduring this concert; such was the convulsion of my laughter. Cast and crew biographies are inconsequential for those with Internet access, and the still gallery could be recreated at whim by using the pause button. The game allows it to be played as turn-based and the instructions encourage you to use the pause button (space bar) frequently to plan your moves. It was as if someone hit the pause button; they knew we were here. It was as if someone had pressed the pause button during a movie. Okay, let's hit the pause button and review what just happened. Phrases give someone pause Cause someone to think carefully or hesitate before doing something. 使踌躇，使犹豫 public outrage has given him pause Example sentencesExamples I completely understand that, and, to be honest, it gives me pause for thought. The Athens experience should give us pause for thought. But the notion of ‘celebrating’ any culture should give us pause for thought. This was a good point, and gave me pause for thought. The result, from what we can guess from the data, should also give them pause for thought. Now there's something to give you pause for thought. There was something about the whole deal, however, which gave me pause for thought. If it doesn't give you pause for thought, even in a world besieged by bad news, you aren't paying attention. It may have been unfair, but did it not give you pause for thought? But there are lessons from history here that, at the very least, should give us pause for thought. Synonyms make serious, make more serious Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pausa, from Greek pausis, from pausein ‘to stop’. verb.1 phr.
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