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wait /ˈwet/
等候,埋伏(vt.)等候,期待,延緩,伺候,推遲(vi.)等,等候,耽擱,伺候用餐
wait
等待
Wait v. t.
1. To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders.
Awed with these words, in camps they still abide,
And wait with longing looks their promised guide. --Dryden.
2. To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await. [Obs.]
3. To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect. [Obs.]
He chose a thousand horse, the flower of all
His warlike troops, to wait the funeral. --Dryden.
Remorse and heaviness of heart shall wait thee,
And everlasting anguish be thy portion. --Rowe.
4. To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner. [Colloq.]
Wait v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waited; p. pr. & vb. n. Waiting.]
1. To watch; to observe; to take notice. [Obs.]
“But [unless] ye wait well and be privy,
I wot right well, I am but dead,” quoth she. --Chaucer.
2. 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.
All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. --Job xiv. 14.
They also serve who only stand and wait. --Milton.
Haste, my dear father; 't is no time to wait. --Dryden.
To wait on or To wait upon. (a) To attend, as a servant; to perform services for; as, to wait on a gentleman; to wait on the table. “Authority and reason on her wait.” --Milton. “I must wait on myself, must I?” --Shak. (b) To attend; to go to see; to visit on business or for ceremony. (c) To follow, as a consequence; to await. “That ruin that waits on such a supine temper.” --Dr. H. More. (d) To look watchfully at; to follow with the eye; to watch. [R.] “It is a point of cunning to wait upon him with whom you speak with your eye.” --Bacon. (e) To attend to; to perform. “Aaron and his sons . . . shall wait on their priest's office.” --Num. iii. 10. (f) Falconry To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung; -- said of a hawk. --Encyc. Brit.
Wait, n.
1. The act of waiting; a delay; a halt.
There is a wait of three hours at the border Mexican town of El Paso. --S. B. Griffin.
2. Ambush. “An enemy in wait.”
3. One who watches; a watchman. [Obs.]
4. pl. Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular. [Obs.]
5. pl. Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [Written formerly wayghtes.]
Hark! are the waits abroad? --Beau. & Fl.
The sound of the waits, rude as may be their minstrelsy, breaks upon the mild watches of a winter night with the effect of perfect harmony. --W. Irving.
To lay wait, to prepare an ambuscade.
To lie in wait. See under 4th Lie.
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wait
n 1: time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay
caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the
action" [syn: delay, hold, time lag, postponement]
2: the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while
expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him"
[syn: waiting]
v 1: stay in one place and anticipate or expect something; "I had
to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets"
2: wait before acting [syn: hold off, hold back]
3: look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were
expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to
a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" [syn: expect,
look, await]
4: serve as a waiter in a restaurant; "I'm waiting on tables at
Maxim's"