time out

柯林斯词典

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. (籃球、足球、冰球等比賽中的) 暫停
With 22.2 seconds to go before halftime, Brown wanted to call a time- out. 距中場休息還有22.2秒時佈朗想叫一次暫停。
2. N-UNCOUNT If you take time out from a job or activity, you have a break from it and do something different instead. (工作或活動中的) 暫停時間; 休息[oft N 'from' n, N to-inf]
He took time out from campaigning to accompany his mother to dinner. 他暫停競選活動陪她母親喫晚飯。