time-out

['taim'aut]
  • n. 休息时间,暂停

词态变化


复数: time-outs;

英文词源


time-out (n.)
also time out, 1896 in sports, 1939 in other occupations; from 1980 as the name of a strategy in child discipline; from time + out.

双语例句


1. The " e " in " time " is a silent letter.
time中的e不发音.

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2. She studied him for the longest time, looking wryly amused.
她面带苦笑,盯着他看了很长时间。

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3. In her spare time she read books on cooking.
业余时间里她看一些烹饪方面的书籍。

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4. She spent a period of time working with people dying of cancer.
她有一段时间曾帮助垂危的癌症患者。

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5. Mark had for some time been making advances towards her.
马克追她已经有一段时间了。

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