资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   4. To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to
      reflect. [R.] ``Take time to pause.'' --Shak.

   {To pause upon}, to deliberate concerning. --Shak.

   Syn: To intermit; stop; stay; wait; delay; tarry; hesitate;
        demur.