wait

英[weɪt]美[weɪt]

v.等（候），盼望，准备妥当，推迟，延缓，服务，服侍；

n.等候，等待（的时间）；

第三人称单数：waits;

过去式：waited;

过去分词：waited;

现在分词：waiting;

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Victory will never come if we only wait for it.如果我们光是等待, 胜利永远不会到来。

Ready, aim, wait for it!Fire!准备, 瞄准目标, 注意!开火!

Don't wait dinner for me; I may be late.不要等我吃晚饭, 我可能会晚点回来。

He's very angry now; wait till he comes around.他现在正在气头上, 等他气消了再说吧。

Wait a bit!稍等一会儿!

Let’s wait and see what transpires.我们等着瞧会发生什么事吧。

For the moment we are content to watch and wait.目前我们甘心在一旁观察和等待。

Don't wait for the bus in this cold weather; I'll get the car and run you across to your mother's.这么冷的天别等公共汽车了, 我开车送你到你母亲那里去。

He's very angry now; wait till he comes round.他现在正在气头上, 等他气消了再说吧。

The gentleman had a valet to wait on him hand and foot.这位绅士有一个男仆照顾他的衣食住行。

英语六级真题

The other half will have to wait, as authorities of America's Federal Aviation Administration ( ' , FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board work out what went wrong.

One needs the designers, and perhaps the regulators, before the builders and operators, and each group of workers in training has to know there is work waiting beyond graduation.

Short-term oil shortage drove American consumers to wait in long lines at gas pumps.

She's excited because, as she puts it, "I don't have to wait [until] 15 years from now" to make sense of the world

Waiting for someone at the airport

The other people would e-mail and wait up to two weeks for an answer.

She will wait for the man at the south gate

The man has to wait to get his medicine.

I hope you are not to put out with me for the delay ,I had to stop for the Fred's home to pick up a book on my way here M : well , that's not a big deal ,but you might at least phone if you know you will keep someone waiting Q : what do we learn about the women

M : sorry to have kept you waiting ,Madam , I've located your luggage, it was left behind in Paris and won't arrive until later this evening W : oh ,I can't believe this ,have it been to delivered to my hotel then ,I guess Q :what happened to the woman's luggage

She often keeps other people waiting.

I can't wait to see them, I'm wondering if the shots I took are as good as I thought.

Most seeds can wait out the dry, unwelcoming seasons until conditions are right and they sprout.

The other half will have to wait, as authorities of America's Federal Aviation Administration FA and National Transportation Safety Board work out what went wrong.

You have to wait for the speaker to deliver quite a chunk of language before you then put it into the second language, which puts your short-term memory under intense stress.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

等待;等候

When you wait for something or someone, you spend some time doing very little, because you cannot act until that thing happens or that person arrives.

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N-COUNT

等待;等待的时间

A wait is a period of time in which you do very little, before something happens or before you can do something.

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VERB

准备妥当;可获得;可使用

If something is waiting for you, it is ready for you to use, have, or do.

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VERB

延缓;推迟;搁置

If you say that something can wait, you mean that it is not important or urgent and so you will deal with it or do it later.

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VERB

(用于鼓励或威胁)等着

You can use wait when you are trying to make someone feel excited, or to encourage or threaten them.

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VERB

(用于打断讲话)等一下，慢着

Wait is used in expressions such as wait a minute ,wait a second, and wait a moment to interrupt someone when they are speaking, for example because you object to what they are saying or because you want them to repeat something.

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VERB

服务;服侍;招待

If an employee waits on you, for example in a restaurant or hotel, they take orders from you and bring you what you want.

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PHRASE

等不及;迫不及待;渴望

If you say that you can't wait to do something or can hardly wait to do it, you are emphasizing that you are very excited about it and eager to do it.

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CONVENTION

(让人在命令下达前勿提前做某事)等一等

You say 'wait for it' to stop someone from doing something too soon because you have not yet given them the command to do it.

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PHRASE

(表示接下来要说的内容非常有趣或令人惊奇)注意了，听好了

You can use 'wait for it' to indicate that you are about to say something that is amusing or surprising.

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PHRASE

等着瞧;等等看

If you tell someone to wait and see, you tell them that they must be patient or that they must not worry about what is going to happen in the future because they have no control over it.

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PHRASE

(表示催促)你还等什么呢？

If you say to someone 'What are you waiting for?' you are telling them to hurry up and do something.

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英汉词典释义

vt. & vi.

等候, 等待

（尤指长期地）希望，盼望，期待

vi.

准备妥，在手边，可得到，可使用

vt.

推迟，搁置，延缓

英英词典释义

Noun

1. time during which some action is awaited;

2. the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something);

Verb

1. stay in one place and anticipate or expect something;

2. wait before acting

3. look forward to the probable occurrence of;

4. serve as a waiter in a restaurant;

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