interregnum
间歇期,空档期,间隔期,年间
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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.
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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.