名詞 interlude:

1. an intervening period or episode
2. a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance
   同義詞：intermezzo, entr'acte

動詞 interlude:

1. perform an interlude

1. Her time in Paris was a happy interlude in a difficult career.
   她在巴黎期間是她艱辛的事業(yè)中一段愉快的插曲。
2. There will now be a 15-minute interlude.
   現(xiàn)在有15分鐘的中間休息。

in.ter.lude

n.（名詞）
An intervening episode, feature, or period of time:
間歇：一個插進(jìn)的片段、特征、或一段時間：
例句：
.Kerensky has a place in history, of a brief interlude between despotisms.(William Safire)
.克倫斯基在獨裁專制之間短暫時期的歷史中占有一席之地.(威廉·薩菲爾)

A short farcical entertainment performed between the acts of a medieval mystery or morality play.
幕間幽默短劇：在中世紀(jì)神秘劇或道德劇各幕之間表演的滑稽短劇
A 'th-century genre of comedy derived from this.
幕間喜?。阂环N起源于此的'世紀(jì)喜劇類型
An entertainment between the acts of a play.
戲劇的幕間節(jié)目
Music A short piece inserted between the parts of a longer composition.
【音樂】 間奏：一部較長作品各部分間插進(jìn)的小段樂曲

來源：
Middle English enterlude [a dramatic entertainment]
中古英語 enterlude [一種戲劇娛樂]
from Old French entrelude
源自 古法語 entrelude
from Medieval Latin interlôdium
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語 interlôdium
Latin inter- [inter-]
拉丁語 inter- [前綴，表.在…之間.]
Latin lôdus [play] * see leid-
拉丁語 lôdus [戲劇] *參見 leid-