APPAUSEa short period of time between the parts of a play, concert etc 〔戏剧、音乐会等中间的〕休息时间,幕间休息SYN interlude, British English interval
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intermission• The audience was impressive in size and it was rewarded after intermission.• After the first two films there was an intermission.• Gallery hours are 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. Monday through Friday, and before theatreperformances and during intermissions.• During the Apollo 14 flight, another problem arose after the intermittentabortsignalmentioned in intermission 3 had been solved.• There will now be a short intermission.• You regularly turned the heating up before the intermission, when the icecream girl appeared.• We talked for a time during the intermission and met afterward for coffee.• The manager stood there till the lights went on for the intermission and the icecreamlady.
Originintermission
(1400-1500)Latinintermissio, from intermittere; → INTERMITTENT