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intermission / ˏɪntɚˋmɪʃən /

inter-miss(send)-ion

n.間歇;暫停 [a period during which action temporarily ceases ]

ex. The rain continued all day without intermission.
雨整天下個不停。

n.幕間休息 [a short interval between the acts of a play or parts of a public performance, usually a period of approximately 10 or 15 minutes, allowing the performers and audience a rest.]

ps. 這個字義用於American English，就是中場休息，通常為10~15分鐘。

字構：inter(between)-miss(sent)-ion

intermission的字根miss是sent的意思，

概念是送進中間來，就是打斷的意含。所以它後來被使用來當："間歇"的意思。

字源： L. intermittere "to intermit v.中斷"

intermittent /ˏɪntɚˋmɪtnt/

inter-mit(send)-t-ent

adj.間歇的 [alternately ceasing and beginning again]

ex. In terms of stream flow, there are three general types of streams: ephemeral , intermittent , and perennial .
根據河川的經流，河流通常可分為三種類型：季節性河流、間歇性河流和常流河。

(這是一家飯店的噴泉...超厲害的)

intermittent <> constant

intern

v.拘留 [to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.]

n.實習生 [a person who works as an apprentice or trainee in an occupation or profession to gain practical experience, and sometimes also to satisfy legal or other requirements for being licensed or accepted professionally.]

ex. I worked as an intern in that firm last summer.
去年夏天我在那家商行實習。

字源：form internal adj.內部的

internecine

inter(mutual)-nec(kill)-ine

adj.內訌的 [of or pertaining to conflict or struggle within a group]

ex. the country descended into internecine war

adj.互相殘殺的 [Mutually destructive; ruinous or fatal to both sides.]

字源： L inter nec īnus or L. inter nec īvus 其中nec"kill"的意思

word histroy:

拉丁文的 internecīnus or internecīvus 原始的意思"打鬥打到死" ， 其字首 inter原始的用法很特殊 ，它不當"mutual, between"來解， 而是作加強語氣用"intensifier" 。 但後來編輯字典的人-- Samuel Johnson 卻不知道這件事 ，他在18世紀編的字典中，把inter作"互相"來解釋，而把這個字internecine解釋"互相殘殺"，不過呢因為字典大受歡迎，大眾也沒有去懷疑過字典的權威，所以internecine的意思就從"打鬥打到死"轉到"互相殘殺"了，而後來到現在這個字被用來指" 內訌的; relating to internal struggle "