() the amount of time that people spend at a shop/store, website, etc. or looking at sth such as a piece of advertising （在商店、网站等处的）逗留时间◆The site gets over 10 000 visitors a month and the average dwell time is 12 minutes. 这个网站每月的访问量超过 1 万人次，平均逗留时间是 12 分钟。◆Dwell time at the tills is longer than in the aisles. 顾客在收银台停留的时间要比在货架间逗留的时间长。
() the amount of time that sth spends in a particular stage of a process （生产过程的）停留时间，停顿时间