intermittent形容虽然总是重复出现,但时常是若隐若现。

用作定语
▲～+n.
Did you hear the intermittent sound outside?你听见外面时断时续的声音了吗?
Our picnic was marred by intermittent rains.我们的野餐被断断续续的降雨给破坏了。

［同义词］   broken, irregular
［反义词］   continuous