گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'pause'

1 عمومی:: وقفه‌

2 عمومی:: درنگ‌

3 عمومی:: مكث‌

4 عمومی:: مكث‌ كردن‌

5 عمومی:: توقف‌

1 general:: noun lull: There was a pause after the speaker. verb hesitated: He paused and then spoke again.

2 general:: pause to stop speaking or stop doing something for a very short time before starting again. Pause is used especially in written descriptions. In everyday spoken English, people usually just say stop: • She paused at the bottom of the stairs and looked up at the clock. • He paused, waiting for Larry to say something. hesitate to stop for a moment and wait before doing something, because you feel unsure or nervous about it: • She hesitated for a moment before replying. have/take a break to stop working for a short time in order to rest, eat etc: • We’re all getting tired. Let’s take a break for ten minutes. adjourn formal if a meeting or court adjourns or is adjourned, it stops for a short time: • If there are no more questions, the committee will adjourn until tomorrow morning. • The trial was adjourned because one of the defendants was ill. take five especially American English informal to stop for a short time in order to rest: • Let’s take five and get some coffee. break off to suddenly stop speaking, especially because you see, hear, or think of something: • He broke off his conversation when he saw Mary running towards him. • She broke off and looked embarrassed, then said, ‘I’ll explain later.’

3 general::   noun ADJ. brief, momentary, short, slight, small | long, prolonged | frequent | awkward | pregnant VERB + PAUSE take Shall we take a pause here? PAUSE + VERB follow In the pause that followed, I noticed that he was shaking. PAUSE + NOUN button (on a video recorder, etc.) PREP. after a/the ~ ‘I don't know,’ he said after a long pause. | in a/the ~ Everyone nodded in agreement in the pauses. | with a/ the ~ He read very slowly and with frequent pauses. | without a/the ~ She read the whole text without a pause. | ~ before There was a long pause before he spoke again. | ~ between in the pauses between his jokes | ~ for a pause for breath | ~ in during a pause in the conversation

4 general:: pause adverbs briefly • At the doorway she paused briefly. momentarily (= for a very short time ) • He paused momentarily, then knocked twice more. dramatically • 'They have offered us a lot of money.' She paused dramatically. phrases pause (for) a moment • He paused for a moment, seemingly overcome by emotion. pause for breath • She had to pause for breath after every two or three steps. pause for thought • 'Of course,' she replied, without pausing for thought. pause only to do something • He paused only to make a few notes, and left.

5 general:: see GIVE PAUSE.

6 general::   verb ADV. briefly, (for) a moment, (for) an instant, momentarily She paused a moment and then walked away. | barely, hardly He spoke for two hours and barely paused for breath. | deliberately She paused deliberately, her eyes holding his. | dramatically, impressively, meaningfully, significantly | reflectively, thoughtfully | irresolutely PHRASES pause for breath/thought, pause only (long enough) to do sth Pausing only to put out her cigarette, she left the room. | pause to consider/look/reflect/think Just pause to think before giving me your answer. | without pausing Without pausing to knock, she opened the door.