intermit

vi. 暂时停止, 中断 vt. 使间断

发音

UK /ɪntəˈmɪt/
其它
US /ɪntɚˈmɪt/

词形变化

intermits 三单 intermits intermitted intermitting intermitting 现在分词 intermitted 过去式 intermitted 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend.

    古体 及物

    The bell doth toll for him, that thinks it doth; and though it intermit again, yet from that minute, that that occasion wrought upon him, he is united to God.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

break pause

上位词 4

interrupt disrupt break up cut off

下位词 6

rest breathe catch one's breath take a breather take five take ten

词源

From Latin intermittere, from inter- + mittere.

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