Wait

[weɪt] or [wet]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); 'the wait was an ordeal for him'.

(verb.) serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant; 'I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's'.

(verb.) stay in one place and anticipate or expect something; 'I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets'.

(verb.) wait before acting; 'the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment'.

手打:玛莎--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. i.) To watch; to observe; to take notice.

(v. i.) To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.

(v. t.) To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders.

(v. t.) To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await.

(v. t.) To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.

(v. t.) To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner.

(v. i.) The act of waiting; a delay; a halt.

(v. i.) Ambush.

(v. i.) One who watches; a watchman.

(v. i.) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular.

(v. i.) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.

手打:穆里尔

同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. [1]. Stay, tarry, delay, remain, linger, bide one's time.[2]. Watch, look, be expectant.

v. a. Await, abide, stay for, wait for, look for.

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解釋/意思:

v.i. to stay in expectation (with for): to remain: to attend (with on): to follow: to lie in ambush.—v.t. to stay for: to await: (coll.) to defer: (obs.) to accompany.—n. ambush now used only in such phrases as 'to lie in wait ' 'to lay wait:' the: act of waiting or expecting: delay: (pl.) itinerant musicians originally watchmen who welcome-in Christmas.—ns. Wait′er one who waits: an attending servant: a salver or tray: a custom-house officer: (obs.) a watchman; Wait′erage service; Wait′ering the employment of a waiter; Wait′ing act of waiting: attendance.—adv. Wait′ingly.—ns. Wait′ing-maid -wom′an a female attendant; Wait′ing-room a room for the convenience of persons waiting; Wait′ing-vass′al (Shak.) an attendant; Wait′ress a female waiter.—Wait attendance (Shak.) to remain in attendance; Wait upon on to call upon visit: to accompany to be in the service of: (B.) to look toward to attend to do the bidding of.—Lie in wait to be in hiding ready for attack or surprise.—Lords or Grooms in waiting certain officers in the Lord Chamberlain's department of the royal household; Minority waiter a waiter out of employment as a political minority is out of office.

手打:内蒂