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单词 hiatus
释义
hiatus
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n

A temporary gap, pause, break, or absence can be called a hiatus. When your favorite TV show is on hiatus, that means there are no new episodes — not forever, just for a little while.
Even things that go on for a long time take a break once in a while: one kind of break is a hiatus. If someone has to leave her job for a time, she's going on hiatus. A touring band will need to take a hiatus if the lead singer gets in an accident. The key thing about a hiatus is that it's an interruption of something that was happening, but it's not a permanent break.
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hiatus: hiatuses
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Then, after a hiatus, the car should return to South Africa in 2018 to achieve its ultimate goal of breaking the 1,000mph mark.
BBC(Dec 30, 2016)
The Bits newsletter will be on hiatus until Jan. 3.
New York Times(Dec 30, 2016)
Now, they control their own destiny for the postseason after a one-year hiatus.
Washington Times(Dec 19, 2016)
1n an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
abatement, reprieve, respite, suspension
defervescence
abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature
remission, remittal, subsidence
an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
resolution
the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung)
break, interruption
some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
2n a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
Hyper
piece
an artistic or literary composition
3n a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
foramen
Monro's foramen, foramen of Monro, interventricular foramen
the small opening (on both the right and left sides) that connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon with the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphere
foramen magnum
the large opening at the base of the cranium through which the spinal cord passes
gap, opening
an open or empty space in or between things
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