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An interlude is a short break or pause between two bigger parts of something - a piece of music played between the acts of a play, a short rest between two busy periods of life, or a calm moment in the middle of a stressful time. It suggests something temporary that sits 'in between' two more important things.
（表演）幕間插曲；（一般）間歇、插曲式的一段時間
組成inter- (between) + lude (from a root meaning 'to play').
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
interludenoun/ˈɪntə(ɹ)luːd/
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An intervening episode, etc.
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An entertainment between the acts of a play.
- [O]ur ovvne Statutes […] preciſely prohibit the ſatyricall depraving, traducing, or derogation of the Common Prayer-Booke, and of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper in any Enterludes, Playes or Rimes, (in vvhich kinde Playes had been formerly peccant) under ſevere penalties.
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entertainmentlifestylemusicA short piece put between the parts of a longer composition.
interludeverb/ˈɪntə(ɹ)luːd/
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To provide with an interlude.
- Jimmy Jam, co-producer of Ms. Jackson’s heavily interluded and influential 1989 album, “Rhythm Nation 1814” (and producer of a forthcoming album by Usher with interludes), also defended them.
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To serve as an interlude.
- During some brief, interluding, silent pauses in their interview thus far, Pierre had heard a soft, slow, sad, to-and-fro, meditative stepping on the floor above; […]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。