hiatus

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hi·a·tus /haɪˈeɪtəs/ noun [countableC usually singular]

1 PAUSE formal a break in an activity, or a time during which something does not happen or exist 停顿，间断

Talks between the two countries have resumed after a six-year hiatus.

两国间的谈判在中断了六年以后又恢复了。

hiatus in

a hiatus in research

研究的中断

a brief/short/long hiatus

There was a brief hiatus in the war.

战争曾一度停歇。

2. SPACE/GAP technical a space where something is missing, especially in a piece of writing 〔尤指文稿中的〕脱漏；缺漏

Examples from the Corpus

hiatus• They obscure a hiatus in the expansion of Merovingian power.• Gumbel responded by taking a three-day hiatus.• In fact, Robinson was newly married at the time of his hiatus from coaching.• MacDowell is enjoying a long hiatus from moviemaking.• What might Johnnie say after such a long hiatus, looking upon this transformation?• And oddly enough, they were discussing the hiatus too.• After a one-year hiatus the Honeywell Bracknell Half-marathon is back with a new route and a new date, June 7.

a brief/short/long hiatus• What might Johnnie say after such a long hiatus, looking upon this transformation?

Origin hiatus

(1500-1600) Latin hiare “to yawn”

hi·a·tus noun

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