suspend

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To halt something temporarily.
    — The meeting was suspended for lunch.
  2. To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
    — suspending out judgement
  3. To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
    — to suspend a thread of execution in a computer program
  4. To hang freely; underhang.
    — to suspend a ball by a thread
  5. To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
  6. To make to depend. obsolete
    — God hath all along in the Scripture suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life.
  7. To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.
    — to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club
  8. To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
  9. To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.

词形变化

suspends present,singular,third-person suspending participle,present suspended participle,past suspended past

词源

From Old French sospendre, from Latin suspendere.
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