time out

英 [taɪm aʊt]

美 [taɪm aʊt]

n.  (英国)《暂停》周刊

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牛津词典

• 以上各词均表示短暂的休息。
  These are all words for a short period of time spent relaxing.
• 指间歇、休息：
  a short period of time when you stop what you are doing and rest or eat
  1. Let's take a break .
     咱们休息一会儿吧。
• 指休息时间、睡眠时间：
  a period of relaxing, sleeping or doing nothing after a period of activity
  1. We stopped for a well-earned rest.
     我们停下来作个应有的休息。
• 指活动进行中的短暂休息：
  ( informal ) a short pause in an activity to rest or relax
  1. a five-minute breather
     五分钟的休息
• 指脑力或体力活动期间的短暂休息、喘息时间：
  a short pause in the middle of a period of mental or physical effort
  1. This delay gives the party a breathing space in which to sort out its policies.
     这一延误使该党有了喘息之机来厘定其政策。
• 指从困境或不愉快、不舒适的状态中得到的暂缓、暂停：
  a short break from sth difficult or unpleasant
  1. The drug brought a brief respite from the pain.
     药物暂时缓解了疼痛。
• 指暂停工作或学习的时间：
  ( informal , especially NAmE ) time for resting or relaxing away from your usual work or studies
  1. Take time out to relax by the pool.
     去游泳池边歇一歇吧。

柯林斯词典

• (篮球、美式橄榄球、冰球等比赛过程中的)暂停
  In basketball, American football, ice hockey, and some other sports, when a team calls atime out, they call a stop to the game for a few minutes in order to rest and discuss how they are going to play.
• N-UNCOUNT (工作或活动中的)暂停时间，休息时间
  If you taketime out froma job or activity, you have a break from it and do something different instead.
  1. He took time out from campaigning to accompany his mother to dinner.
     他从竞选活动中挤出一点时间陪母亲吃饭。
  2. …women returning to the labour market after time out to raise young families.
     为抚养年幼子女暂停工作后又重返劳动力市场的女性

英英释义

noun

• a pause from doing something (as work)
  1. we took a 10-minute break
  2. he took time out to recuperate
  Synonym:respiterecessbreak

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