【await音标】 英[əˈweɪt] 美[əˈweɪt]
【单词释义】 await是什么意思：
vt.等候；等待；期待
[单词分级] 大学英语四级词汇
[第三人称单数] awaits
[单词现在分词] awaiting
[单词过去式] awaited
[单词过去分词] awaited
【await形近词/近似词】
plait n.发辫，辫子；辫绳；辫状物 vt.把…编成辫绳；给…打褶；编织
wait v.等候；等待 n.等待；等候
bait n.饵，诱饵；诱惑 vt.置诱饵于…；放诱饵；激怒
gait n.步态，步法
【单词例句】
◇ So he flew into the water and swam towards the stately swans. They saw him and darted toward him with ruffled feathers. “Kill me, oh, kill me.” said the poor creature. And bowing his head towards the water, he awaited his death.
于是他飞到水里，向这些高贵优雅的天鹅游去：这些动物看到他，马上就竖起羽毛向他游来。“请你们弄死我吧！”这只可怜的家伙说。他把头低低地垂到水上，只等待着死。
---- The Ugly Duckling
◇ The youngest boy went to the ditch, where the frog awaited him in a carriage fashioned out of a fig leaf and drawn by four snails.
小王子来到水沟边，青蛙正在一架四只蜗牛拉着的车子上等着他，车子是用无花果的树叶做成的。