wait
等候;等待;(尤指长期地)希望;盼望
准备妥;在手边;可得到;可使用
推迟,搁置,延缓;
变形
过去式:waited过去分词:waited现在分词:waiting第三人称单数:waits
双语释义
- vi. & vt. 等,期待 stay somewhere without doing anything until sb/sth comes or sth happens
- [S] 等待,等待的时间 act or time of waiting
英英释义
wait[ weit ]
- n.
- time during which some action is awaited
同义词:delayholdtime lagpostponement
- the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
"the wait was an ordeal for him"
同义词:waiting
- time during which some action is awaited
- v.
- stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
"I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets"
- wait before acting
同义词:hold offhold back
- look forward to the probable occurrence of
"he is waiting to be drafted"
同义词:expectlookawait
- serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant
"I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's"
同义词:waitress
- stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
词汇搭配
- wait a bit稍等一会儿
- wait a minute稍等
- wait a moment等一会儿
- wait a whole day等了一整天
- wait an hour等一小时
- wait sb's opportunity等待时机
- wait sb's turn等着轮到(自己)
- wait anxiously焦急地等候
- wait confidently有把握地等待
- wait impatiently不耐烦地等
- wait mutely沉默地等待
- wait passively被动地等待
- wait patiently耐心等待
- wait sadly悲伤地等待
- wait at table伺候(别人)用餐
- wait for a better chance等待更好的时机
- wait for a reply等候答复
- wait for sb等某人
- wait for the sign等待信号
- wait on〔upon〕在…方面伺候
- wait on sb hand and foot周到地服侍(某人)
- wait on sb like a slave像奴隶一样服侍(某人)
- wait on table伺候(别人)用餐
- have a long wait长时间的等待
- four-hour wait四小时的等待
- lie in wait for埋伏着等待
词组短语
wait for等候
please wait请稍候,请稍等;请您稍候;正在暖机等待结束再开始使用
wait until等待直到…
can't wait迫不及待
wait a moment等一会儿;稍等一下
wait and see等着瞧
wait in在家等待
wait a minute等一下;等一会
wait for a while等一会儿
wait on服侍;焦急地等待
wait a second稍等一下
wait upon侍候;服侍
wait in line排队等候
keep someone waiting让某人等待
wait up不睡而等候
wait time等待时间
wait a while等一会儿
too impatient to wait迫不及待
wait out等到…结束
wait around呆呆地等;空等
同近义词辨析
await 是及物动词。如:I await your further instructions.
wait “等”、“等候”,是不及物动词,后常接介词for。如:I will wait for you at the school gate.
双语例句
- She has impatience to wait for the bus.
她没有耐心等公共汽车到来。 - He kept us waiting for ages while he packed his luggage.
他收拾行李,让我们等了好半天。 - You will just have to wait your turn.
你得等到轮到你才行。
- I don't like this long wait.
我不喜欢这种长时间的等待。 - The long wait at the airport is really tedious.
在机场冗长的等待的确乏味。 - All we can do now is wait and hope.
我们现在所能做的就是等候和期待。