プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
きれめ【切れ目】
❶〔切れた部分〕a gap, a break
雲の切れ目
a break [rift] in the clouds
カーテンの切れ目から日がさした
The sun shone in through an opening between the curtains.
長い生垣［車の流れ］には切れ目がなかった
There was no gap in the long 「stretch of hedge [flow of cars].
切れ目のない線を描いた
He drew a long, unbroken line.
❷〔区切り〕a pause
文章の切れ目ごとに息をついた
He took a breath at the end of each sentence.
２時間の講演を切れ目なく続けた
「He did not pause [He made no pause] at all during his lecture of two hours.
❸〔尽きた時〕an end
金の切れ目が縁の切れ目
((諺)) When the wolf comes in at the door, love creeps out of the window.