paused
past simple and past participle ofpause
| 单词 | paused |
| 释义 | paused past simple and past participle ofpause pause verb[IorT] uk/pɔːz/us/pɑːz/B1 tostopdoing something for ashorttime, or to make somethingstopfor ashorttime: He paused andthoughtfor amoment. She paused tocatchherbreath, and thenkeptonjogging. Ajudgehas paused thelitigationto give bothsidesachancetosettletheirdifferences. B2 to make arecordingstopfor ashorttimebypressingabuttonorcontrol: Can you pause themoviethere,please? It is nowpossibleto pause andrewindlivetelevision. She paused atkeymomentsin thescene.
Pauses & interludes
Examplesofpausedpaused In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. He began by criticizing the current engineering theory, then developed what he claimed to be the correct hydrodynamic theory, andpaused. From theCambridge English Corpus The researcher and the participants regularlypausedthe programme to discuss specific parts. From theCambridge English Corpus She looked at me,pausedfor a moment, and then continued. From theCambridge English Corpus After each target word was presented in the story, the examinerpausedthe tape and administered the two comprehension probes for that item. From theCambridge English Corpus He stopped walking and the creaturepausedand turned. From theCambridge English Corpus First, the coder viewed the videotape andpausedafter each maternal approach. From theCambridge English Corpus After these two practice periods, the experiment waspausedand all remaining questions of subjects answered. From theCambridge English Corpus Hepausedafter each sentence to collect his failing strength. From theCambridge English Corpus Even very young children momentarilypausedto greet elders in a hands-together head-slightly-down greeting before running off to play. From theCambridge English Corpus When the politicians have finished (orpausedin) picking over the bones, the historians move in. From theCambridge English Corpus Her mantle lies on the balustrade behind her, as if she has brieflypausedduring a walk. From theCambridge English Corpus With memory of motion fresh, the frozen images seempausedor interrupted rather than complete. From theCambridge English Corpus Each time this happened, carers helped him sit up straight again, and habituallypausedto say a few words or hold his hand. From theCambridge English Corpus The tape ea waspausedafter each video so that participants had time to respond. From theCambridge English Corpus The state of the plan step takes the values of running, holding,paused, complete and stopped. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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