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单词 intermission
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intermissionn.1

/ɪntəˈmɪʃən/
Etymology: < Latin intermissiōn-em, noun of action < intermittĕre to intermit v.1 Compare French intermission (1413 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).
1.
a. The fact of intermitting, giving over, or ceasing for a time; a temporary pause, cessation, or breach of continuity in an action, state, etc. (frequently in without intermission). spec. in Pathology, of a fever or the pulse.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun]
steadc1000
leathc1175
abiding1340
broklinga1400
pausation1422
pausing1440
interceasingc1450
suspensing?1504
suspending1524
intermission1526
leathing1535
suspensationc1571
intercession1572
suspense1584
abeyance1593
suspension1603
recession1606
interruption1607
recess1620
intercision1625
intercessation1659
intermittency1662
pretermission1677
break1689
cess1703
intermittence1796
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. EEiiiv Euermore to pray without intermyssion or cessyng.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 86 Your friende Anthonie, kindleth coles of furious outrage continually, and maketh no intermission.
1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes ii. f. 39 In this case is the testament voide, vnlesse that it may bee prooued, that there was intermission of furor the same time.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 741 They saw a whirle-winde take up the water..into the aire, three houres together with little intermission.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. vii. 32 And I did laugh, sans intermission An houre by his diall. View more context for this quotation
1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. xii. 415 The gout, after a longer intermission than usual, returned.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. i. 118 Neither end, nor intermission of his heavy scourge.
1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius viii. 226 This eruption lasted two nights and two days without intermission.
b. Temporary cessation, respite, relief, rest, pause. Const. from something. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] > (a) respite
spalea1250
lithec1300
respitec1330
sabbath1398
vacationc1425
respetta1450
respectc1450
repose?1549
intermission1576
bait1580
sob1593
respiration1611
vacation1614
suspension1645
relaxation1728
relax1733
1576 A. Fleming tr. L. Lucceius in Panoplie Epist. 63 Your overwearied heart, which brayeth after intermission and rest from..great matters.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 802 They..Afresh with conscious terrors vex me round, That rest or intermission none I find. View more context for this quotation
1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful i. §5. 11 He often gives himself some intermission from such melancholy reflections.
1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 232 We had hardly a moment's intermission from rain.
2. The lapse of a space of time between events or periods of action; the time during which action temporarily ceases; interval; †vacation, recess. spec. = the interval between the parts of a play, film, concert, etc. (chiefly U.S.).
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > [noun] > time off
remedyc1450
intermission?1566
vacancy1599
by-time1609
off-duty1844
watch below, off1850
stand easy1859
off time1866
time off1881
lay-off1889
make and mend1899
laze-off1924
R and R1952
downtime1971
me time1980
the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time > period of time between events or interval
waya1300
distancec1330
interstition1390
spacea1400
pastimea1513
vacance1533
intermission?1566
vacation1567
intervallum1574
interim1579
between-timea1586
wem1599
parenthesis1600
intermedium1611
betweena1616
fore-while?1615
interpolation1615
vacancya1616
interval1616
interstitium1624
slatcha1625
interspace1629
intermissa1633
between-spacea1641
interregnum1659
intervalea1661
interlapse1666
interlude1751
in-between1815
lapse1817
intermezzo1851
meanwhile1872
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > part of performance > interval
interval1667
intermission1927
?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 13 The medicinis lesson, quha sal reid on to ix houris; and fra ix to ten salbe intermission.
1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. 12 The Grand Councel, which..should sit perpetually, (unless thir leisure give them now and then some intermissions or vacations..).
1704 J. Swift Disc. Mech. Operat. Spirit i, in Tale of Tub 297 Chusing their Time in those Intermissions, while the Preacher is at Ebb.
1854 E. G. Holland Mem. J. Badger xv. 310 At the intermission many strangers flocked around me.
1927 N.Y. World 24 July Intermission, interval.
1933 H. Footner Ring of Eyes xv. 104 When the curtain descended for the intermission, [etc.].
1955 O. Keepnews & W. Grauer Pict. Hist. Jazz xvi. 197 Nick Rongetti..loved to join the intermission pianist.
1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues iii. 46 In between ups,..there was Garland Wilson at the piano for intermission.
1961 Listener 7 Dec. 1002/2 Rocco does have an intermission, but when a film is [etc.].
3. An omission in the course of a narrative.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > [noun] > omission in a narrative
intermission1641
1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia (new ed.) 24 Having..toucht [this subject] somewhat, which I would not, if the equity of the Narration would have admitted an intermission.
4. An interruption or break of continuity in a wall, line of cliffs, or similar material formation.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > opening or break in continuity > in a wall, hedge, fence, dike, etc.
sharda1000
gapc1380
slopc1386
slapc1425
intermission1624
gap-stead1644
gool1664
gateway1707
break1725
smeuse1819
rent1879
1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 223 Wals are either entire and continuall, or intermitted; and the Intermissions be either Pillars or Pylasters.
1663 W. Charleton Chorea Gigantum 19 Intermissions made by Columns or Pillars.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxxi. 270 After a mile or two of intermission, the high cliffs rise up again in abutments.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

intermissionn.2

Etymology: < intermit v.2, after intermission n.1
Obsolete. rare.
1. Mediation, intervention; = intermise n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > intercession or influence on someone's behalf > [noun]
erndinga1000
mediationa1387
advocacyc1390
mediacya1425
meanc1450
moyen1454
interposition1462
mean1465
myance?a1513
advocation1532
intercession1534
advocateship?1555
intercessionment1593
interceding1600
intermise1612
means-making1617
intermission1647
interposal1687
spoke1867
1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. liii. 372 They shall agree without Suit of law, but not without intermission of a third party or more.
1670 P. Heylyn Ærivs Redivivvs 126 That no other..Towns..shall in any part meddle by way of friendly intermission tending to an accord.
2. Interposition, intervention (of a thing).
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [noun] > action of placing between
interposition1412
object1526
objectionc1550
interplacing1567
interjecture1578
interlarding1581
interjecting1583
chopping1587
interjection1598
interpose1610
interlocation1611
interposal1625
intermission1628
interposure1628
intercalation1649
interposing1657
interpolation1849
sandwiching1877
intrapolation1956
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [noun]
interventionc1425
interposition1462
striking1530
intercourse1586
entermise1600
intervening1605
intermitter1611
interposal1625
interveniencea1627
intermission1628
interveniency1660
1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 100 Aristotle sayth, that this opposition is made by it selfe, and wants the intermission of a third: for no power can put a third thing betweene being and not being.
1667 A. Marvell Let. 14 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 59 The third day that the Lords haue without intermission of any other businesse continued upon the question.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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