intermission

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

inter·mis·sion [intermission intermissions] BrE [ˌɪntəˈmɪʃn] NAmE [ˌɪntərˈmɪʃn] noun countable, uncountable
1. (especially NAmE)a short period of time between the parts of a play, film/movie, etc
•Coffee was served during the intermission.
• (NAmE)After intermission, the second band played.  This meaning is only [U] in NAmE.
2. a period of time during which sth stops before continuing again
•This state of affairs lasted without intermission for a hundred years.

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin intermissio(n-), from the verb intermittere, from inter- ‘between’ mittere ‘let go’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  pause, break, interruption, suspension