pausing
停頓,中止
Pause, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paused p. pr. & vb. n. Pausing.]
1. To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest. “Tarry, pause a day or two.”
Pausing a while, thus to herself she mused. --Milton.
2. To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.
3. To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. [R.]
Why doth the Jew pause? Take thy forfeiture. --Shak.
4. To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect. [R.] “Take time to pause.”
To pause upon, to deliberate concerning.
Syn: -- To intermit; stop; stay; wait; delay; tarry; hesitate; demur.