Tra từ pause - Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

pause (pôz)v. paused, paus·ing, paus·esv. intr.
1. To cease or suspend an action temporarily.
2. To linger; tarry:
paused for a while under the huge oak tree.
3. To hesitate:
He paused before replying.v. tr.
To cease or suspend the action of temporarily; stop for an interim: “Once a movie [ordered on demand] begins, it can be paused but not rewound or fast-forwarded” (George Judson). n.
1. A temporary cessation.
2. A delay or suspended reaction, as from uncertainty; a hesitation:
After a pause the audience broke into cheers.
3. A break, stop, or rest, often for a calculated purpose or effect:
After a dramatic pause, the lawyer finished her summation.
4.
a. Music. A sign indicating that a note or rest is to be held.
b. A break or rest in a line of poetry; a caesura.
5. Reason for hesitation:
The immensity of the task gives one pause. [From Middle English, pause, from Old French, from Latin pausa, from Greek pausis, from pauein, to stop.]
Synonyms: pause, intermission, recess, respite, suspension
These nouns denote a temporary stop, as in activity: a short pause in the conversation; a concert with a 15-minute intermission; the legislature's summer recess; toiling without respite; a suspension of work.