hiatus
美音:
[haı´eıtəs
]英音:
[haı´eıtəs
]n.裂缝,脱落
难易程度:
hiatus为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词复数:hiatuses 形容词:hiatal
近义词, 同义词
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 researcha 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