英汉词典

wait 基本解释

• vt. 等候；推迟；延缓
• vi. 等待；耽搁；伺候用餐
• n. 等待；等候
• n. (Wait)人名；(英)韦特；(捷)魏特

wait 词态变化

wait 中文词源

来自古法语waitier,看管，照看，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.

wait 英文词源

wait

wait: [12] Wait originally meant ‘look, spy’. But the notion of remaining in hiding, keeping a watch on one’s enemies’ movements led via the sense ‘remain, stay (in expectation)’ to, in the 17th century, ‘defer action’. The word was borrowed from Old Northern French waitier, which was itself a loanword from prehistoric Germanic *wakhtan (ultimate source also of English waft). This in turn was formed from the base *wak-, which also produced English wake, watch, etc. The sense ‘serve food at table’ emerged in the 16th century from an earlier ‘attend on’.
=> waft, wake, watch

wait (v.)

c. 1200, "to watch with hostile intent, lie in wait for, plot against," from Anglo-French and Old North French waitier "to watch" (Old French gaitier "defend, watch out, be on one's guard; lie in wait for;" Modern French guetter), from Frankish *wahton or another Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *waht- (cognates: Dutch wacht "a watching," Old High German wahten, German wachten "to watch, to guard;" Old High German wahhon "to watch, be awake," Old English wacian "to be awake;" see wake (v.)). General sense of "remain in some place" is from late 14c.; that of "to see to it that something occurs" is late 14c. Meaning "to stand by in attendance on" is late 14c.; specific sense of "serve as an attendant at a table" is from 1560s. Related: Waited; waiting.

To wait (something) out "endure a period of waiting" is recorded from 1849. Waiting room is attested from 1680s. Waiting list is recorded from 1841; the verb wait-list "to put (someone) on a waiting list" is recorded from 1960. Waiting game is recorded from 1835, originally in horse-racing.

When speed, not stoutness, is the best of a horse, quite a contrary system is practised. With such a horse, the jockey plays a waiting game; that is, he carefully nurses him through the race, so as not to distress him by overpacing him; as the finish approaches, he creeps up to his horses by degrees, but does not quit them to go in front till he sees that the pace has made them "safe," -- when he lets loose and wins. [James Christie Whyte, "History of the British Turf," London, 1840]

wait (n.)

early 13c., "a watcher, onlooker," from Old North French wait (Old French gait "look-out, watch, sentry"), from Old North French waitier (Old French gaitier; see wait (v.)). Compare Old High German wahta, German Wacht "a watchman." From late 14c. as "an ambush, a trap" (as in lie in wait). From 1855 as "time occupied in waiting;" 1873 as "an act of waiting." From the sense "civic employee responsible for signaling the hour or an alarm by sounding on a trumpet, etc." comes the old sense "town musicians" (mid-15c.).

wait 词组搭配

wait 英文释义

1. time during which some action is awaited;

"instant replay caused too long a delay"

"he ordered a hold in the action"

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

"the wait was an ordeal for him"

wait 同义词解析

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。

wait 双语例句

1. If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.

如果你等待，发生的只有变老。

来自金山词霸 每日一句

2. Do not wait for good things to happen to you. You need to walk towards happiness.

不要等待好事降临，你要向幸福进发。

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3. "Wait there!" Kathryn rose. "No, on second thought, follow me."

“在那儿等着！”凯瑟琳站起身来，“不，我改主意了。跟我来。”

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4. "Wait a damn minute," Mindy spat. "Nobody said anything about staying overnight."

“该死的，等一下”，明迪愤愤地说道，“谁也没说过要过夜。”

来自柯林斯例句

5. I hope he doesn't expect you to wait up for him.

我希望他没指望你熬夜等他。

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wait 实用场景例句

She rang the bell and waited.

她按铃后等候着。

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Have you been waiting long?

你等了很久了吗？

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I've been waiting (for) twenty minutes.

我等了二十分钟。

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Wait for me!

等等我！

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We're waiting for the rain to stop before we go out.

我们要等到雨停了再出去。

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I'll wait outside until the meeting's over.

我要在外面等到会议结束。

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Hurry up! We're waiting to go.

快点儿，我们等着走呢。

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You'll just have to wait your turn (= wait until your turn comes) .

你得等着轮到你才行。

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Leeds United had waited for success for eighteen years.

利兹联队企盼夺冠已经十八年了。

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This is just the opportunity I've been waiting for.

这正是我一直在期待的机会。

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He's waiting for me to make a mistake.

他正盼着我出错呢。

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I walk to a street corner and wait for the school bus...

我走到街角等校车。

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Stop waiting for things to happen. Make them happen...

不要坐等事情发生。要创造条件让它们发生。

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...the four-hour wait for the organizers to declare the result.

组织者宣布结果之前长达4小时的等待

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There'll be a car waiting for you...

会有辆汽车等你。

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When we came home we had a meal waiting for us...

我们到家时，有一顿美餐正等着我们享用。

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I want to talk to you, but it can wait...

我想和你谈谈，但可以晚点再说。

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Any changes will have to wait until sponsors can be found.

任何改变都要等找到赞助商之后再作决定。

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If you think this all sounds very exciting, just wait until you read the book...

如果你觉得所有这些听起来令人兴奋，那就等着去读这本书吧。

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As soon as you get some food inside you, you'll feel more cheerful. Just you wait.

吃点儿东西你就会打起精神的。等着瞧吧。

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'Wait a minute!' he broke in. 'This is not giving her a fair hearing!'

“等一下，”他插嘴说，“这没有给她一个公平的解释机会！”

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There were plenty of servants to wait on her...

有很多仆人服侍她。

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Each student is expected to wait at table for one week each semester.

每学期每个学生都要在餐厅服务一周。

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We can't wait to get started...

我们迫不及待地想开始。

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It's gonna be great. I can hardly wait...

那一定很棒。我都等不及了。

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Arms bend. Arms upward. Wait for it. Stretch.

手臂弯曲。手臂上举。保持一下。伸展。

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A cool $500,000 is to be spent on obtaining genuine 17th-century air from the inside of, wait for it, an occupied lead coffin.

将花费整整50万美元获取货真价实的17世纪的空气，注意了，是从一个内有尸体的铅制棺材里获得。

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We'll have to wait and see what happens.

我们只好等等看将会发生什么。

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...a wait-and-see attitude.

观望态度

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Well, what are you waiting for? Do I have to ask you for a kiss?

那你还等什么呢？难道要我求你吻我吗？

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