pause
US: /ˈpɔz/
UK: /pˈɔːz/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
pause /pɔ:z/- danh từ
- sự tạm nghỉ, sự tạm ngừng
- sự ngập ngừng
- to give pause to: làm cho (ai) ngập ngừng
- sự ngắt giọng (trong khi đang nói, đang đọc); chỗ ngắt giọng, chỗ ngắt
- the after a short pause, he resumed his speech: sau khi ngắt giọng một giây, ông ấy lại tiếp tục bài diễn văn của mình
- (âm nhạc) dấu dãn nhịp
- nội động từ
- tạm nghỉ, tạm ngừng
- chờ đợi; ngập ngừng
- (+ upon) ngừng lại
- let us pause upon this phrase: chúng ta hãy ngừng lại ở nhóm từ này
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun+ verb
1 [V] to stop talking or doing sth for a short time before continuing: Anita paused for a moment, then said:
'All right'. + The woman spoke almost without pausing for breath (= very quickly). + I paused at the door and looked back. + Pausing only to pull on a sweater, he ran out of the house.
2 [VN] to stop a tape, CD, etc. for a short time using the pause button: She paused the video and went to answer the phone.
+ noun
1 ~ (in sth) a period of time during which sb stops talking or stops what they are doing: There was a long pause before she answered. + David waited for a pause in the conversation so he could ask Joe his question. + After a brief pause, they continued climbing. + The rain fell without pause. - BREAK
2 (especially BrE) (also fermata especially in AmE) (music) a sign ({pause}) over a note or a REST to show that it should be longer than usual
3 [U] (also pause button) a control that allows you to stop a TAPE RECORDER, CD player, etc. for a short time: Press pause to stop the tape.
Idioms: give (sb) pause (BrE also give (sb) pause for thought) (formal) to make sb think seriously about sth or hesitate before doing sth: Popular resistance to the measures should give the government pause.
more at PREGNANT
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 hesitate, interrupt, delay, hold up, discontinue, break, wait, mark time, suspend, intermit, falter, rest:
He paused for a moment to allow late-comers to take their seats.
n.
2 hesitation, interruption, delay, lull, lapse, moratorium, hold-up, wait, break, breather, breathing-space, discontinuity, lacuna, hiatus, abeyance, discontinuation, discontinuance, Prosody caesura, Music fermata, Colloq let-up:
There was a brief pause, then the altercation in the neighbouring flat resumed.
Collocation
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
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.
Concise dictionary
pauses|paused|pausingpɔːznoun
+a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
+temporary inactivity
verb
+interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
+cease an action temporarily
