pause
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verb no object
interrupt action or speech briefly:
«…のために/…するために» (動作･話などを)ちょっと止める «for/to do»
e.g. she paused, at a loss for words.
with object temporarily interrupt the operation of (a videotape, audiotape, or computer program):
(CDプレイヤー･ビデオデッキなどの)一時停止ボタンを押す, 再生を一時停止する
e.g. she had paused a tape on the VCR.
noun
a temporary stop in action or speech:
«…の» 小休止, 途切れ; 間（ま）, 中断 «in»
e.g. she dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain
e.g. the admiral chattered away without pause.
Music a mark over a note or rest that is to be lengthened by an unspecified amount; a fermata.
〘楽〙 フェルマータ〘延長記号; 턐または턑〙
(also pause button) a control allowing the temporary interruption of an electronic (or mechanical) process, especially video or audio recording or reproduction.
(CDプレイヤー･ビデオデッキなどの)一時停止ボタン(pause button)
PHRASES
give someone pause
cause someone to think carefully or hesitate before doing something:
e.g. public outrage has given him pause.
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pausa, from Greek pausis, from pausein ‘to stop’.