time out (also time-out)

• 1. 

  N-VAR In basketball, American football, ice hockey, and some other sports, when a team calls a time out, they call a stop to the game for a few minutes in order to rest and discuss how they are going to play. (篮球、足球、冰球等比赛中的) 暂停

  例：

  With 22.2 seconds to go before halftime, Brown wanted to call a time- out.

  距中场休息还有22.2秒时布朗想叫一次暂停。

• 2. 

  N-UNCOUNT If you take time out from a job or activity, you have a break from it and do something different instead. (工作或活动中的) 暂停时间; 休息 [oft N 'from' n, N to-inf]

  例：

  He took time out from campaigning to accompany his mother to dinner.

  他暂停竞选活动陪她母亲吃晚饭。