caesura

noun

1. 音顿（诗行中间的停顿）
   a pause near the middle of a line of poetry

1. Each line is divided by a caesura into two halves; and there are two stresses in each half, falling on the alliterative consonants or vowels.
   每行诗以中间停顿分作两个半行，各有两个重读词，或为辅音头韵，或为元音头韵。
2. 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。
3. In English poetry, a caesura refers to a break within a line.
   英文诗歌，一个停顿指的是打破内线。
4. There is usually a caesura after the ictus of the third foot.
   通常有停顿之后的第三次发病英尺。

noun

1. a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line

2. a pause or interruption (as in a conversation)
   1. after an ominous caesura the preacher continued