interrupt

1. V-T/V-I If you interrupt someone who is speaking, you say or do something that causes them to stop. 打断

Turkin tapped him on the shoulder. "Sorry to interrupt, Colonel."

图尔金拍了拍他肩膀说：“对不起，上校，打断你一下。”

2. interruptionN-VAR 打断

The sudden interruption stopped Justin in mid-sentence. 贾斯廷话说到一半时被突然打断了。

3. V-T If someone or something interrupts a process or activity, they stop it for a period of time. 妨碍

People kept nosing around the place, interrupting my work. 人们在这周围不断查看着，打断了我的工作。

4. interruptionN-VAR 中断

...interruptions in the supply of food and fuel. …食品和燃料供应的中断。

5. V-T If something interrupts a line, surface, or view, it stops it from being continuous or makes it look irregular. 遮住

Taller plants interrupt the views from the house. 高的树木遮住了房子外的视线。