hiatus
英[ha?'e?t?s]
美[ha?'et?s]
- n. 裂縫，空隙；脫漏部分
詞態變化
復數:?hiatus;? hiatuses;
助記提示
1. PIE base *ghai- / *ghi- "yawn, gape" => chasm (from Greek khaskein / khainein "yawn, gape").
2. PIE base *ghai- / *ghi- "yawn, gape" => hiatus (from Latin hiare "yawn, gape").
3. PIE base *ghai- / *ghi- "yawn, gape" => gap, gape, yawn.
4. hiatus, past participle of hiare.
中文詞源
hiatus 間隔，空隙
來自拉丁語hiere,張口，呵氣，來自PIE*ghai,呵氣，詞源同gas,chaos,gap.引申詞義張開的嘴，間隔，空隙。
英文詞源
- hiatus
- hiatus: see yawn
- hiatus (n.)
- 1560s, "break or opening in a material object," from Latin hiatus "opening, aperture, rupture, gap," from past participle stem of hiare "to gape, stand open" (see yawn (v.)). Sense of "gap or interruption in events, etc." is first recorded 1610s.
雙語例句
- 1. Diplomatic efforts to reach a settlement resume today after a two-week hiatus.
- 為尋求解決方案而進行的外交談判在中斷了兩周之后于今天重新開始。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The company expects to resume production of the vehicle again after a two - month hiatus.
- 公司希望在兩個月的中斷之后能重新開始車輛的生產.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. There was a hiatus in his acting life.
- 他的演藝生涯曾一度中斷。
來自辭典例句
- 4. This hiatus in American science lasted about four years.
- 就美國科學界來說,這段停滯時期持續了四年左右.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The hiatus in sedimentation is filled in progressively from below.
- 沉積間斷面是從下邊逐漸填滿的.
來自辭典例句