A useful picture is two marks and the empty stretch between them. One thing happens here, the next thing happens there, and `interval` names the untouched space in the middle — not either event, but the gap they leave. Everything else this word does comes from asking what fills that gap, how wide it is, or how often it repeats.
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原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
intervalnoun/ˈɪntəvəʊ/
- 1
A distance in space.
- 'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, / A dreadful interval.
- [M]any attempts were made to prevent the spreading of it [the fire] by pulling down Houses, and making great Intervals, but all in vain, the Fire seizing upon the Timber and Rubbish, and so continuing it set even through those spaces […]
- 2
A period of time.
- the interval between contractions during childbirth
- 3
entertainmentlifestylemusicThe difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to those two pitches themselves (otherwise known as a dyad).
- 4
mathematicssciencesA connected section of the real line which may be empty or have a length of zero.
- 5
An intermission.
- 6
hobbieslifestylesportshalf time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play.
- Spain made three substitutions at the interval, sending on former Arsenal captain Fabregas, Chelsea's Juan Mata and Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina for Xavi, David Silva and Casillas.
- 7
ball-gamescricketgamesEither of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play.
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