🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

暂停

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zàn tíng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Suspend/səˈspɛnd/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"学校决定因恶劣天气暂停课程。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect.

    "The school decided to suspend classes due to the severe weather conditions."
  2. 2

    To hang something from a point.

    "The chandelier was suspended from the ceiling."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'suspend' originates from the Latin 'suspendere', which means 'to hang up' or 'to stop'. It evolved through Old French before entering Middle English, reflecting a shift from a physical act of hanging to a more abstract sense of halting or delaying.

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