interrupt
verb
uk/ˌɪn.təˈrʌpt/us/ˌɪn.t̬əˈrʌpt/interruptverb(STOP SPEAKING)
B1[IorT]
tostopapersonfromspeakingfor ashortperiodby something you say or do:
打断(其他人说话)Shetriedtoexplainwhat hadhappenedbut hekeptinterrupting her.她试图解释所发生的事情,但他不停地打断她。
Iwishyou'dstopinterrupting.但愿你别打断我的话。
- Pleasefeelfreeto interrupt me if you don'tunderstandanything.
- Please go on with what you're doing and don'tletus interrupt you.
- Thesenatorthoroughlysquelchedthejournalistwhotriedto interrupt him during hisspeech.
- He's veryimpatientand always interrupts me mid-sentence.
- Sherudelyinterrupted myspeech.
Interrupting & preventing from speaking
- barge
- belt up
- blurtsomethingout
- break
- breaksomeonein
- butt in
- chime
- cut the crap!idiom
- horn in
- interpolation
- interruption
- mike check
- nobble
- not get a word in edgewaysidiom
- obtrude
- shutyourmouth/faceidiom
- sock
- speak
- strike
- waylay
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Cancelling and interrupting
interruptverb(STOP HAPPENING)
B2[T]
tostopsomething fromhappeningfor ashortperiod:
短暂中止We had to interruptourtripwhen weheardJohn'smotherhad had anaccident.当我们听到约翰母亲发生意外后,不得不中断了我们的行程。
Cancelling and interrupting
- adjourn
- adjourn tosomewhere
- arrest
- break
- callsomeone/somethingoff
- cancellable
- cut
- diversion
- halt
- in midstreamidiom
- kick
- kicksomethinginto touchidiom
- rain
- scratch
- shut
- shut(something)off
- stop
- Zoom bomb
- Zoombomber
- Zoombombing