letup

英 ['letʌp] 美 ['letˌʌp]

• n. 停止；中止；弛缓；松懈

英英释义

Noun:

1. a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished;

   "there was never a letup in the noise"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The surgeons have been working for twenty hous without letup.
   那些外科医师一连工作了二十小时没有停止。

词汇搭配

• let up 减少

近反义词

【近义词】

• lull 使安静
• break 打碎
• respite 暂缓
• rest 剩余的部分
• relief 减轻
• interval 间隔
• relaxation 消遣
• remission 宽恕