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B1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #311 ★★★★☆

n. 一会儿, (一段)时间 conj. 当...的时候, 虽然 vt. 消磨

发音

/ʍaɪl/
/waɪl/
US /wæl/
其它 /wæl/
US /wɑl/
其它 /wɑl/

词形变化

whiles 复数 whiles whiles 三单 whiling 现在分词 whiled 过去式 whiled 过去分词

别名

whyle

教材释义与例句

名词

一会儿；一段时间

连词

虽然；然而；当……的时候

during the time that something is happening

释义与例句

n. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.

    一段时间

    He lectured for quite a long while.

    It’s a long while since anyone lived there, so it’s a ruin now.

  2. 2.

    An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.

    An uncertain long period of time

  3. 3.

    An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.

    an uncertain short moment

v.
  1. 1.

    To pass (time) idly.

    及物

    I whiled away the hours whilst waiting for him to arrive

  2. 2.

    To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To elapse, to pass.

    古体 不及物
  4. 1.

    Alternative spelling or misspelling of wile.

conj. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    During the same time that.

    ...的时候

    当

    He was sleeping while I was singing.

    Driving while intoxicated is against the law.

    I lived in Ávila for two lustra while I was a child.

  2. 2.

    Although.

    This case, while interesting, is a bit frustrating.

    While I would love to help, I am very busy at the moment.

  3. 3.

    Until.

    苏格兰

    I'll wait while you've finished painting.

  4. 4.

    As long as.

    While you're at school you may live at home.

    While there's quiet I can sleep.

prep.
  1. 1.

    Until.

    苏格兰

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

piece spell patch

上位词 1

time

下位词 4

snap cold snap cold spell hot spell

相关短语

make hay while the sun shines 趁热打铁,抓紧时机 once in a while 偶尔 all the while 一直, 始终 for a while 暂时 while away 消磨 while loop [计] 当型循环 while loops (while-loop 的复数) [计] 当型循环 while we're young while one is at it while one is about it while the grass grows, the steed starves while there's life, there's hope while you're down there strike while the iron is hot 趁热打铁

词源

From Middle English whyle, from Old English hwīl, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (compare Dutch wijl, Low German Wiel, German Weile, Danish hvile (“rest”), Norwegian Bokmål hvile (“rest”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Cognate with Albanian sillë (“breakfast”), Latin tranquillus, Sanskrit चिर (cirá), Persian شاد (šâd).

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