单词 | intermission |
释义 | intermissionn.1 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.]. 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 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). < n.11526n.21628 |
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