pausing

英 [ˈpɔːzɪŋ]

美 [ˈpɔːzɪŋ]

v.  暂停; 停顿; (按暂停键)暂停放音，暂停放像
pause的现在分词

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

• He had walked on without pausing.
  他一径走下去，甚至没有停脚。
• It is worth pausing to consider these statements from Mr Davies.
  戴维斯先生的这番话值得大家停下来思考一下。
• After pausing on this point a considerable while, she once more continued to read.
  她思考了好一会儿以后，又继续读信。
• She had a trick of pausing in the middle of sentences.
  她讲话时有在句子中间停顿的习惯。
• I remember my first thought, he says, pausing for a moment.
  我还记得我当时的第一反应，他说到这里顿了一下。
• He has spoken down again after slightly pausing.
  他在略作停顿后又讲了下去。
• Thoroughly clean and liberally grease pivot pin and lightly tap in a straight line without pausing.
  对轴销做彻底清洁和充分润滑处理，并将它沿直线不间断地轻轻敲入（销孔）。
• Pausing in his story, Burton turned to me.
  伯顿暂停讲述故事，转向我。
• Pausing a container is conceptually similar to sending the SIGSTOP signal to all the processes in a container.
  暂停一个容器在概念上类似于将SIGSTOP信号发送到一个容器中的所有进程。
• I am inclined to rush from one activity to the next without pausing for rest.
  我倾向于急速从一个活动到下一活动，而没有停下来休息。