[weɪt][weɪt]
  • v. 等;等待
  • n. 等待;等候
  • 记忆方法

    谐音记忆法
    分析:wai—歪的拼音,t—头
    记忆方法:她歪着头焦急的等待着什么。
    词根词缀法
    来自古法语waitier,看管,照看,继而来自PIE*weg,醒来,活力,词源同wake,vigil。引申词义等待。拼写来自过去分词-ct,后字母c脱落,比较法语词源feat,benefit,au fait.
      verb(动词)
      1. 等待,等候;期盼,盼望
      2. 推迟;耽搁
      3. 禁止停车
      noun(名词)
      1. 等待;等候,期待

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. 等待,等候;期盼,盼望

      I waited for her outside while she went in to see the doctor.

      她进去看病时我在外面等她。

      The dentist kept me waiting for ages.

      牙医让我等了好久。

      There were a lot of people waiting to use the phone.

      有很多人在等着打电话。

    2. 推迟;耽搁

      The meeting will have to wait until tomorrow, because I'm too busy now.

      会议将不得不推迟到明天,因为我现在太忙了。

      The paperwork can't wait until tomorrow (= is urgent and must be done now).

      这些文书工作不能等到明天再做。

    3. 禁止停车

      The sign by the side of the road said “no waiting!”

      路边的标志牌上写着“禁止停车”。

    noun(名词)
    1. 等待;等候,期待

      We had a three-hour wait before we could see the doctor.

      我们等了3个小时才看到医生。

      The long wait for the doctor/to see the doctor really made me anxious.

      等医生看病等了那么长时间真让我焦急。

    小知识

    A wait is the time it takes for something to happen. The wait to get the brand new computer was four hours long, but it was worth it.

    The word wait originated in the 1200s, from the Old Northern French word waitier: “to watch with hostile intent.” Even back then, people didn't like to wait. Anticipating something that will happen is waiting, though sometimes what you wait for never comes — like Godot, who never shows up in the play “Waiting for Godot.” When you wait to do something, you delay. When you wait tables, you serve people, preferably without delay.

    实用短语

    1. wait for

      等候,等待,等待某人,延期执行语句

    2. wait state

      等待状态,等候状态,等待状况,零等候状态

    3. wait and see

      拭目以待,观望,我们拭目以待,走着瞧

    4. wait until dark

      盲女惊魂记,等到天黑,奇谋妙计女福星,盲女惊魂记等到天黑

    5. wait on

      服侍,伺候,侍候,招待

    6. wait time

      等待时间,

    7. wait in line

      排队等候,排队,列队等待,排队等待

    8. circular wait

      循环等待,循环等待条件,循环式等候,轮回期待

    9. wait a minute

      等一会,等等,

    常用短语

    1. wait for

      等候

    2. 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

    3. wait until

      等待直到…

    4. can't wait

      迫不及待

    5. wait a moment

      等一会儿;稍等一下

    6. wait and see

      等着瞧

    7. wait in

      在家等待

    8. wait a minute

      等一下;等一会

    9. wait for a while

      等一会儿

    10. wait on

      服侍;焦急地等待

    11. wait a second

      稍等一下

    12. wait upon

      侍候;服侍

    13. wait in line

      排队等候

    14. keep someone waiting

      让某人等待,source:21世纪

    15. wait up

      不睡而等候

    16. wait time

      等待时间

    17. wait a while

      等一会儿

    18. too impatient to wait

      迫不及待

    19. wait out

      等到…结束

    20. wait around

      呆呆地等;空等

    单词用法

    单词用法
    wait的基本意思是“等”,指在相当长的一段时间内停留在某个地方,直到某事发生或某人到来为止。
    另:wait主要用作不及物动词,常与介词for连用。
    单词扩展
    aiter男服务员;waitress女服务员
    词语辨析
    以下这两个动词均包含”等,等待”的意思
    wait:普通用词,侧重静候于某处,直到等候或期待的人或事物的到来,通常用作不及物动词,与for连用。
    await:正式用词,及物动词,通常指不断等待,多含耐心意味。

    同义词辨析

    wait, await

    这两个动词均含”等,等待”之意。

    • wait: 普通用词,侧重静候于某处,直到等候或期待的人或事物的到来,通常用作不及物动词,与for连用。
    • await: 正式用词,及物动词,通常指不断等待,多含耐心意味。

    同义词

    vi.等待;延缓;耽搁

    defer  /  delay  /  postpone  /  linger  /  off  /  table  /  tarry  /  put  /  shelve  /  procrastinate  /  stay

    其他释义

    linger  /  tarry  /  postpone  /  loiter  /  off  /  abide  /  procrastinate  /  table  /  stay  /  defer  /  delay  /  pause  /  shelve  /  put

    同根词

    词根:wait

    adj.

    waiting等待的;服侍的

    n.

    waiting等待;服侍

    v.

    waiting等待;伺候(wait的ing形式);延缓