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interregnum

/in-ter-reg-nuhm/US // ˌɪn tərˈrɛg nəm //UK // (ˌɪntəˈrɛɡnəm) //

间歇期,空档期,间隔期,年间

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural in·ter·reg·nums, in·ter·reg·na [in-ter-reg-nuh]. /ˌɪn tərˈrɛg nə/.

    • : an interval of time between the close of a sovereign's reign and the accession of his or her normal or legitimate successor.
    • : any period during which a state has no ruler or only a temporary executive.
    • : any period of freedom from the usual authority.
    • : any pause or interruption in continuity.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inintermission

Examples

  • Nearly every state is currently reporting mortality figures resembling the interregnum last summer or last October, between peaks that began in June and again in the fall.

  • The researchers noticed that one colony’s chirps began to vary in the interregnum after their queen died, only to fall in line with a new monarch’s dialect when she took the throne.

  • Costner was an earnest man for an earnest time: the patriotic, self-serious interregnum between Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.

  • Most comically of all, I will never forget the brief Al-Sharpton-has-been-redeemed interregnum.

  • Throughout the bitter four-month interregnum, President Herbert Hoover had tried to get FDR to endorse joint policy statements.

  • The establishment of a British Consulate there, after a long interregnum, was either the cause or excuse for an outbreak.

  • Thus the Civil War and the Interregnum (1642-60) may be regarded as marking a watershed in the financial history of the country.

  • I do pity you, with the drunken Christmas workmen keeping you in this uncomfortable interregnum.

  • Moreover, the severest prohibitions were naturally mitigated during an interregnum.

  • Thus did the hours creep on until darkness with its interregnum of peace had fallen on the city.