Hiatus



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 空隙, 裂缝
• ［英］ n. 空隙, 裂缝 ( any gap or interruption)
• ［例］ There's a hiatus between the theory and the practice of the party

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Latin, from hiare to yawn — more at yawn
• Date: 1563
• 1.
  • a. a break in or as if in a material object ; gap <the hiatus between the theory and the practice of the party — J. G. Colton>
  • b. a gap or passage in an anatomical part or organ
• 2.
  • a. an interruption in time or continuity ; break; especially a period when something (as a program or activity) is suspended or interrupted <after a 5-year hiatus from writing>
  • b. the occurrence of two vowel sounds without pause or intervening consonantal sound

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