interval
英 ['ɪntəv(ə)l]
美['ɪntɚvl]
- n. 间隔；间距；幕间休息
词态变化
复数: intervals;
中文词源
interval 间隔，间歇
inter-,在内，在中间，相互，-val,墙，词源同wall.原指两堵墙之间的空间，后引申词义间隔，间歇。
英英释意
- 1. a definite length of time marked off by two instants
- 2. a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints
- 3. the distance between things;
- "fragile items require separation and cushioning"
- 4. the difference in pitch between two notes
英文词源
- interval
- interval: [13] The val- of interval represents Latin vallum ‘rampart’ (source of English wall) – so etymologically the word means ‘space between ramparts’. That was the original sense of its Latin ancestor, intervallum, but already in the classical period the metaphorical ‘gap in time, pause’ was developing.
=> wall - interval (n.)
- early 14c., from Old French intervalle (14c.), earlier entreval (13c.), from Late Latin intervallum "space, interval, distance," originally "space between palisades or ramparts," from inter "between" (see inter-) + vallum "rampart" (see wall (n.)). Metaphoric sense of "gap in time" was present in Latin.
同义词辨析
break, rest, pause, interval, recess, cease, stop
这些名词均含有"中止，停止，休息"之意。
break： 非正式用词，指突然的或短时间的中止，如工作或活动期间接短暂休息。
rest： 指统称的休息。
pause： 指短暂的中断或停止，含再进行下去的意味。
interval： 指一出戏在幕与幕之间，音乐会上下串场之间或演出中预先安排的休息；也可泛指事件之间的一段时间。
recess： 正式用词，指业务活动或工作中短暂的或长时间的休息。
cease： 正式用词，侧重逐渐结呸某活动或状态，含永远结束的意味。
stop： 普通用词，指迅速或突然中止某行为、活动或状态。
考试真题
- She'd wake up early, turn on her laptop and chat on Internet dating sites and instant-messaging programs – leaving her bed for only brief intervals.
出自-2010年6月阅读原文
- Since luxury is a function of scarcity, the children of tomorrow will long for nothing more than intervals of freedom from all the blinking machines, streaming videos and scrolling headlines that leave them feeling empty and too full all at once.
出自-2012年12月阅读原文
词组搭配
at intervals
with time between, not continuously
不时
the light flashed at intervals.
灯光不时地闪烁。
with spaces between
每隔…的空间（或距离）
the path is marked with rocks at intervals.
小路每隔一定的距离就有石头做标记。
实用场景例句
- The interval between major earthquakes might be 200 years.
- 大地震之间的间隔时间可能有200年。
牛津词典
- There will be an interval of 20 minutes after the second act.
- 第二幕结束后将休息20分钟。
牛津词典
- She's delirious, but has lucid intervals.
- 她神志昏乱，但有时清醒。
牛津词典
- (British English)The day should be mainly dry with sunny intervals.
- 白天大部分时间应无雨，间有阳光。
牛津词典
- an interval of one octave
- 一个八度音程
牛津词典
- Buses to the city leave at regular intervals .
- 开往城里的公共汽车每隔一定时间发出一班。
牛津词典
- The runners started at 5-minute intervals.
- 赛跑的人每隔5分钟出发一批。
牛津词典
- Flaming torches were positioned at intervals along the terrace.
- 走廊上间隔地插着燃烧着的火炬。
牛津词典
- The ferry service has restarted after an interval of 12 years...
- 时隔12年之后，轮渡服务又重新开通了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- There was a long interval of silence.
- 中间有很长时间的沉默。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- During the interval, wine was served...
- 幕间休息时有葡萄酒供应。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- England were two goals behind at the interval.
- 中场休息时英格兰队落后两球。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She woke him for his medicines at intervals throughout the night.
- 她夜里每隔一段时间就叫他起来服药。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Several red and white barriers marked the road at intervals of about a mile...
- 路上设有几处红白相间的路障，相互间隔约一英里。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The trees which gave the road its name stood at regular intervals along the kerb...
- 这条道路得名于这些树木，它们沿两边的路缘间隔均匀地排列着。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Sleep — during this interval is out of the question.
- 要在这样的间歇里睡觉是不可能的.
《简明英汉词典》
- B, Interval between top sheet and foundation drapes covered by sterile pillowcases.
- B上单与底单间隙用无菌枕套覆盖.
期刊摘选
- It's time for an interval.
- 到幕间休息的时候了.
期刊摘选
- The difference of rodents mainly depended on footprint size, breadth and toe's interval.
- 家鼠种间主要依靠足印大小 、 印宽和足趾间距离鉴别.
期刊摘选
- Tee time interval: 8 mins one tee time.
- 开球时间间隔: 8分钟为一个开球时间.
期刊摘选
- An interval of a year elapsed before we were able to return.
- 隔了一年我们才得以返回.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- An interval arithmetic based approach to evaluate the reliability of complex distribution networks is proposed.
- 提出一种利用区间算法评估复杂配电网可靠性的方法.
期刊摘选
- Confidence limits are the upper and lower limits of the confidence interval.
- 置信限是指置信区间的界限.
辞典例句
- An interval of time between one event, process, or period and another.
- 这个过程需要十年时间, 真是太长吗?
期刊摘选
- Derived Data Element that collects its data by using a query at a poling interval.
- 在轮询间隔内用查询收集其数据的派生数据成分.
期刊摘选
- Give yourself equal rest between each interval.
- 在间歇跑之间,给您自己相同的休息时间.
期刊摘选
- Neither party would resort to war or increase its armaments during this interval of " cooling off ".
- 在这个 “ 冷却 ” 期,双方都不能诉诸战争或增加武装力量.
辞典例句