Tra từ pause - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pause [pause pauses paused pausing] verb, noun BrE [pɔːz] NAmE [pɔːz]
verb
1. intransitive to stop talking or doing sth for a short time before continuing
• Anita paused for a moment, then said: ‘All right’.
• The woman spoke almost without pausing for breath (= very quickly).
•I paused at the door and looked back.
•Pausing only to pull on a sweater, he ran out of the house.
2. transitive ~ sth to stop a tape, CD, etc. for a short time using the pause button
• She paused the DVD and went to answer the phone.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pausa, from Greek pausis, from pausein ‘to stop’.

Thesaurus:
pause verb I
•She paused for a moment and looked back.
hesitate • |especially written break off • |especially BrE, disapproving dither •
pause/hesitate/break off (for) a moment
pause/hesitate briefly/momentarily/a little
pause/break off abruptly

Example Bank:
•He spoke for two hours and barely paused for breath.
•Just pause to think before giving me your answer.
•Pausing only to put out her cigarette, she left the room.
•She paused a moment and then walked away.
•She paused deliberately, her eyes holding his.
•She paused mid-stride when the doorbell rang.
•She paused occasionally to smell the flowers.
•Without pausing to knock, she opened the door.
•Anita paused for a moment, then said, ‘All right.’
•Pausing only to pull on a sweater, he ran out of the house.
•The woman spoke almost without pausing for breath.
Idiom: ↑give pause

noun
1. countable ~ (in sth) a period of time during which sb stops talking or stops what they are doing
• There was a long pause before she answered.
• David waited for a pause in the conversation so he could ask his question.
•After a brief pause, they continued climbing.
•The rain fell without pause.
2. countable (especially BrE) (also fer·mata especially in NAmE) (music)a sign () over a note or a ↑rest to show that it should be longer than usual
3. uncountable (also ˈpause button)a control that allows you to stop a ↑tape recorder, CD player, etc. for a short time
•Press pause to stop the tape.
more at a pregnant pause/silence at ↑pregnant

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pausa, from Greek pausis, from pausein ‘to stop’.

Thesaurus:
pause noun C
•There was a long pause before he replied.
break • • gap • • lull • • interruption •
a/an pause/break/gap/lull/interruption in sth
after a/an pause/break/gap/lull/interruption
fill a pause/gap

Example Bank:
•Everyone nodded in agreement in the pauses between his sentences.
•He made frequent pauses to catch his breath.
•He read very slowly and with frequent pauses.
•In the pause that followed, I noticed that he was shaking.
•Shall we take a pause here?
•She read the whole text without a pause.
•There was a long pause before he spoke again.
•a pause for breath
•during a pause in the conversation
•in the pauses between his jokes
•David waited for a pause in the conversation so he could ask Joe his question.
•The rain fell without pause.

See also: ↑fermata ▪ ↑give pause for thought