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hiatus

美音:[haı´eıtəs ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.裂缝,脱落

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hiatus为短语/超纲词汇

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名词复数:hiatuses 形容词:hiatal

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hiatus


/haɪ'eɪtəs; haɪ`etəs/
n
1 gap in a series or sequence, making it incomplete; break in continuity 裂隙; 缺漏; 脱漏; 间断.
2 (linguistics 语言) break between two vowels coming together but not in the same syllable 元音分立, 母音分读(相邻两单元音分开, 不连成一音节)

hiatus


n [C usually singular]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: hiare 'to yawn']
formal a break or interruption in an activity
 Talks between the two countries have resumed after a six-year hiatus.
hiatus in
 a hiatus in research
a brief/short/long hiatus
 There was a brief hiatus in the war.
technical a space where something is missing, especially in a piece of writing