wait
n. 等待, 等候 vt. 等候, 期待, 延缓, 伺候, 推迟 vi. 等, 等候, 耽搁, 伺候用餐 [计] 等待
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教材释义与例句
等待；等候
a period of time in which you wait for something to happen, someone to arrive etc
等候；推迟；延缓
to stay somewhere or not do something until something else happens, someone arrives etc
释义与例句
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1.
A delay.
I had a very long wait at the airport security check.
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2.
An ambush.
They lay in wait for the patrol.
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Ellipsis of wait state.
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One who watches; a watchman.
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Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.
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Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.
英国 复数形式1819-1820, Washington Irving, The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon The sound of the waits, rude as may be their minstrelsy, breaks upon the mild watches of a winter night with the effect of perfect harmony.
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1.
To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
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不及物Wait here until your car arrives.
I’m still waiting for you to pay me back the money I lent you..
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2.
To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
企台
美国 不及物She used to wait in this joint.
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3.
To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)
古体 及物to wait one’s turn
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To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
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To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.
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To defer or postpone (especially a meal).
非正式 废旧 -
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To watch with malicious intent; to lie in wait
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To remain faithful to one’s partner or betrothed during a prolonged period of absence.
不及物
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Tells the other speaker to stop talking, typing etc. for a moment, often to allow clarification.
非正式- And so I went upstairs— - Wait. Your house has two floors?
词汇关系
同义词 5
上位词 6
下位词 3
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词源
From Middle English waiten, from Anglo-Norman waiter, waitier (compare French guetter from Old French gaitier, guaitier), from Frankish *wahtwēn (“to watch, guard”), derivative of Frankish *wahtu (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”). Cognate with Old High German wahtēn (“to watch, guard”), German Low German wachten (“to wait”), Dutch wachten (“to wait, expect”), French guetter (“to watch out for”), Saterland Frisian wachtje (“to wait”), West Frisian wachtsje (“to wait”), North Frisian wachtjen (“to stand, stay put”). More at watch. In some senses, merged or influenced by Middle English waiten, weiten (“to do good to, lie in wait for, to contrive good or harm on, catch, snare”), from Old Norse veita (“to give help to, assist, grant, cause to happen”), from Proto-Germanic *waitijaną (“to show, guide, advise, direct”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”). Largely overtook native Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan, source of bide.
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