wait

/weɪt/📚 6355 136 5中考高考

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. ^等候

verb [vi. 不及物动词]等候；盼望，期待；推迟，延缓；（已备好）可处理，可取用；（用于鼓励或威胁）等着；（用于打断讲话）等一下，慢着；服侍，招待

If something is waiting for you, it is ready for you to use, have, or do.
等 (你) 使用; 等 (你) 去做

noun [抽象名词]等待，等候的时间；<史>（城镇）官方乐队（waits）

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

wait 出现在下面的课文中: Lesson 033&34 A fine day wait 动词: 等; Lesson 077&78 Terrible toothache; Lesson 64 The Channel Tunnel; Lesson 60 Too early and too late; Episode 3 Grandpa's Trunk ACT II; Episode 3 Grandpa's Trunk ACT III; Episode 4 A Piece of Cake ACT III

vt. 等候；推迟；延缓

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相关词汇

复合词waiter/ˈweɪtə(r)/n. 服务员，侍者

复合词waitress/ˈweɪtrəs/n. 女服务员；女侍者

现在分词waiting/ˈweɪtɪŋ/n. 等待；服侍

词组	含义	例句
wait on	为某人提供服务或帮助(waiter的来源)：指为某人提供所需的服务或帮助。	There were plenty of servants to wait on her. ^{有许多佣人服侍她。}
	等待某人或某事的到来或发生：指在某个地点等待某人或某事的到来或发生。	Please wait on the chair over there until you are called. ^{请在那边的椅子上等待呼叫。}
	延迟提供（一顿饭）：指推迟提供一顿饭，直到特定条件满足。	Please wait on, will you? I'm just coming! ^{请稍等片刻好吗？我就来！}
wait for	等待：等待某个特定事件的发生，或者等待某人或某物的到来。	I'm quite happy to wait for you here. ^{我非常高兴在此等候您。}