hiatus

🇺🇸 /haɪˈeɪtəs/ 🇬🇧 /haɪˈeɪtəs/
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標籤 TOP20000
noun
R

A pause or break in something where there is no activity.

The weekly meetings came to a halt, marking a two-week hiatus before they started up again.

週會議暫停了,標誌著兩週的間斷後又重新開始。

R

A gap or empty space in something, like a piece of writing.

Editors noticed a hiatus in the manuscript that required additional information to fill the gap.

編輯注意到手稿中的一個間斷,需要額外的信息來填補這個缺口。

translation

n. 間斷, 缺口

詞形變化

Plural hiatuses