interval
UK ['ɪn.tə.vəl] US [-tˌɚ-] noun countable
SPACE 空间
■a period between two events or times, or the space between two points 间隔；间距•We see each other at regular intervals - usually about once a month.我们定期见面——通常大约是每月一次。 •There's often a long interval between an author completing a book and it appearing in the shops.从作者完成一本书到它出现在书店里常常有一段较长的间隔。 ■UK (US intermission)
■a short period between the parts of a performance or a sports event （演出的）幕间休息；（体育比赛的）中间休息，中场休息•There will be two twenty-minute intervals during the opera.歌剧演出中有两次20分钟的幕间休息。 •He scored his first goal of the match three minutes after the interval.下半场刚开始三分钟，他就射入了他本场比赛的第一个进球。 at intervals
■repeated after a particular period of time or a particular distance 每隔（一定时间或距离）•In the event of fire, the alarm will sound at 15-second intervals/at intervals of 15 seconds.发生火灾时，警报器每隔15秒鸣响一次。
UK ['ɪn.tə.vəl] US [-tˌɚ-] noun countable
MUSIC 音乐 specialized
■the amount by which one note is higher or lower than another 音程•an interval of a 5th (= the top note four notes higher than the bottom one)五度音程 |