| 单词 | wait |
| 释义 | wait[weit]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】 等待相关词组:wait forwait at tablewait tablelie in wait forwait on sbwait out wait wait AHD: [w³t] D.J. [we!t]K.K. [wet]v.（动词） wait.ed,wait.ing,waits v.intr.（不及物动词）1. To remain or rest in expectation:期待，等待：期望中保持或休息：waiting for the guests to arrive.See Synonyms at &b{stay} &+{1}等待客人的到来参见 stay12. To tarry until another catches up.停留：滞留直至别人追上3. To remain or be in readiness:等待：保留或处于准备状态：lunch waiting on the table.午餐在桌上放着4. To remain temporarily neglected, unattended to, or postponed:延迟：暂时被忽略、不照料或推迟：The trip will have to wait.旅行还得推迟5. To work as a waiter or waitress.服侍：作招待或女招待v.tr.（及物动词）1. To remain or stay in expectation of; await:等：期待某事；等：wait one's turn.等待轮到自己2. Informal To delay (a meal or an event); postpone:【非正式用语】 推迟：推迟（就餐或事件）；阻延：They waited lunch for us.他们为我们而推迟午餐3. To be a waiter or waitress at:担任侍者：在…作招待或女招待：wait tables.在桌旁服务n.（名词）1. The act of waiting or the time spent waiting.等：等的行为或等候的时间2. Chiefly British 【多用于英国】 3. One of a group of musicians employed, usually by a city, to play in parades or public ceremonies.公共乐队队员：常被一个城市雇佣的一队音乐家，在游行或公共仪式中演出4. One of a group of musicians or carolers who perform in the streets at Christmastime.沿街唱圣诗的人们：圣诞节时在街上演出的一乐队或唱圣歌的人常用词组:wait on 或 wait upon 1. To serve the needs of; be in attendance on.满足…的需要；服侍2. To make a formal call on; visit.造访：正式拜访；访问3. To follow as a result; depend on.作为一个结果；依赖于4. To await:等待：They're waiting on my decision.他们在等我的决定wait out To delay until the termination of:推迟直至结束为止：wait out a war; waited out the miniskirt craze.直等到战争结束；等到迷你裙风潮过后wait up 1. To postpone going to bed in anticipation of something or someone.熬夜等候：为等待某事或某人而推迟睡觉2. Informal To stop or pause so that another can catch up:【非正式用语】 等：为使别人赶上而停止或暂停：Let's wait up for the stragglers.让我们等等掉队的人语源:1. Middle English waiten 中古英语 waiten 2. from Old North French waitier [to watch] 源自 古法国北方方言 waitier [看] 3. [of Germanic origin] * see weg- [日耳曼语源] *参见 weg- 用法:For more than a hundred years critics have stigmatized the use ofwait on ( and somewhat less frequentlywait upon ) to mean roughly “await” or “wait for,”as inWe are still waiting on the committee vote. This use is so widespread in both educated speech and reputable writingthat the traditional objections have come to seem unnecessary.一百多年来评论家一直贬低wait on ( 有时也较少使用wait upon ) 作为“等待”或“等候”意义的用法，如在我们仍在等待委员会的投票。 这种用处在演讲和写作中用的是如此普遍，以至于原来的反对已经看起来不必要了 |
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