suspension

中文： 暂停、停职、悬浮液

1. The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended. (countable, uncountable) · suspension from a hook
2. A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation. (countable, uncountable)
3. The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining. (countable, uncountable)
4. Thus a kind of silt or sludge. (countable, uncountable)
5. The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow. (countable, uncountable)
6. The temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct. (countable, uncountable)
7. The process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment (particularly out-of-school suspension). (countable, uncountable) · suspension from school as a disciplinary measure
8. The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. (countable, uncountable)

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