caesura 也作 ce.su.ra
n.（名词）【复数】 cae.su.ras 或 cae.su.rae [-zhôr.ô, -zôr.ô] A pause in a line of verse dictated by sense or natural speech rhythm rather than by metrics.休止，中断：几行诗文之间的停顿，受意义和自然韵律而非节奏的支配A pause or an interruption, as in conversation:停顿：停顿或打断，如在交谈中：例句：After another weighty caesura the senator resumed speaking.在又一次很重要的停顿之后，这个议员接着讲话
In Latin and Greek prosody, a break in a line caused by the ending of a word within a foot, especially when this coincides with a sense division.暂停：在拉丁或希腊韵律学中，表示在一个音步中由于单词的收尾而引起的行间停顿，尤其是当这一中断与意义的划分相一致的时候Music A pause or breathing at a point of rhythmic division in a melody.【音乐】 休止：在歌曲中节拍分割点上的停顿或呼吸
来源：Latin caesôra [a cutting] 拉丁语 caesôra [打断] from caesus [past participle of] caedere [to cut off] * see ka…-id- 源自 caesus [] caedere的过去分词 [断掉] *参见 ka…-id-
【引伸】
caesu.ral 或
caesu.ric
adj.（形容词）
