| 单词 | wait |
| 释义 | waitwaitswaitedwaitingwaitwait1 /weɪt/ verb [transitive]1to stay somewhere or not do something until something else happens or someone arrives: Hurry up! Everyone’s waiting.wait快点！ 大家都在等着呢。wait forWait for me.等等我。We had to wait 45 minutes for a bus.haveminute我们得等 45 分钟才能坐上公共汽车。wait to do somethingAre you waiting to use the phone?bewait你在等着用电话吗？wait till/untilI’ll wait till you come back. 我会等到你回来。I’m sorry to have kept you waiting (=made you wait).keepwait很抱歉让你久等了。GrammarDo not say ‘My father was waiting me at the station.’ Say My father was waiting for me at the station.bewait（我父亲正在车站等我。）2if you are waiting for something, you expect or hope that it will happen but it has not happened yet: ‘Have you heard about the job yet?’ ‘No, I’m still waiting.’hearwait“那份工作有消息了吗？”“没有﹐我还在等呢。”3if something is waiting for you, it is ready for you to use or collect: I’ll have dinner waiting for you.wait我会准备好晚餐等你的。Phrasessomething can/can’t wait if something can wait, it is not very urgent. If something can’t wait, it is very urgent: The report can wait till tomorrow.报告可以留到明天再写。can’t wait/can hardly wait (to do something) used to emphasize that someone is very excited about something and is eager for it to happen: I can’t wait to see him again.我迫不及待地想再见到他。THESAURUS wantwait a minute/second/moment etc used to ask someone not to leave or start doing something immediately: Wait a moment, just let me think.等一下﹐让我想想。wait and see used to say that someone should be patient because they will find out about something later: The surgeons have done all they can – we just have to wait and see now.surgeondo外科医生们已尽了一切努力，现在我们只能等着看结果。wait tables American English to serve food to people at their table in a restaurant: I spent the summer waiting tables.spendwaittable我这个夏天在餐馆当招待。(just) you wait spoken used to warn or threaten someone: I’ll get you back for what you’ve done. Just you wait.do你干的好事，我会跟你算账的。你等着吧。Phrasal verbswait around (also wait aboutwait about British English) phrasal verb to do nothing while you are waiting for something to happen: The people at the embassy kept us waiting around for hours.keepwaithour大使馆的人让我们等了好几个小时。wait on somebody phrasal verb to serve food to someone at their table, especially in a restaurantwait up phrasal verb1to wait for someone to come back home before you go to bedwait up forPlease don’t wait up for me.请不要熬着不睡等我。2American English to wait for someone: Hey, wait up. I’m coming.come嘿﹐等一等﹐我就来。THESAURUS: waitwait to stay somewhere or not do something until something else happens or someone arrives: We’ve all been waiting for you!bewaitI was waiting for a train.bewaitqueue British English, stand in line American English to stand in a line of people who are all waiting for the same thing: They queued for hours to get tickets.queuehourticketGo and stand in line like everyone else.hang around informal to wait in a place, not doing anything, especially when this makes you waste time: We were hanging around waiting for the taxi to arrive.behangwaitMen were hanging around on street corners.manbehangcornercan you hang on/hold on? spoken used when asking someone to wait for a short time: Can you hang on? I just need to shut the windows.windowhold the line spoken used when asking the person who is calling a company or organization to wait for a short time: Hold the line, please, and I’ll transfer you to our sales department.sale |
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