【wait音标】 英[weɪt] 美[weɪt]
【单词释义】 wait是什么意思：
vt.&vi.等候；等待；（尤指长期地）希望；盼望
vi.准备妥；在手边；可得到；可使用
vt.推迟，搁置，延缓
n.等待；等候
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] waits [第三人称单数] waits
[单词现在分词] waiting
[单词过去式] waited
[单词过去分词] waited
【wait同音词】
weight n.重量；体重 vt.加重于，使变重；使负重
【关联词/派生词】
waitress n.女侍者;女服务员 v.当女服务员
【wait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
await vt.等候；等待；期待
bait n.饵，诱饵；诱惑 vt.置诱饵于…；放诱饵；激怒
gait n.步态，步法
【常用短语】
wait for 等候
【单词例句】
◇ They remained silent, and did not open the door. Gray-Head crept around the house several times, and finally jumped onto the roof. He wanted to wait until Little Red Cap went home that evening, then follow her and eat her up in the darkness.
但是她们既不说话，也不开门。这长着灰毛的傢伙围着房子转了两三圈，最后跳上屋顶，打算等小红帽在傍晚回家时偷偷跟在她的后面，趁天黑把她吃掉。
---- Little Red Cap
◇ He said, "I shall not kill you; but do not go to the King's house, because the Queen is angry and she will see you. If the Queen sees you, she will make some other man kill you. Wait here in the forest; some friends will help you." Then he went away.
他说:“我不会杀死你的，但是，你不能回王宫，因为，王后很生气，她会看到你的。如果王后发现你，她会让别人杀死你的。你就呆在森林里，会有朋友来帮助你的。”然后，他走了。
---- Snow White
◇ Then he would wait no longer, but flew away, to commence his wooing at once.
当他从她得不到半个字的回答的时候，就不再愿意问了。他飞走了，并且立刻开始他的求婚活动。
---- The Butterfly
◇ "Wait, wait," cried the frog. "Take me with you! I can't run as fast as you. "
青蛙叫道：“等一等，带我一起走。我没有办法和你跑得一样快。”
---- The Frog Prince
◇ In addition, she had to wait in a queue early for the minibus that took her to school and it was usually so cold that she felt numb.
此外，她还得冒着把人冻得麻木的寒冷早起排队等小型巴士去学校。
---- Study in America
◇ Now the old lady was sick, and it was said she could not recover. She must be nursed and waited upon, and there was no one whose duty it was so much as Karen's.
现在老太太病得躺下来了；大家都说她大概是不会好了。她得有人看护和照料，但这种工作不应该是别人而应该是由珈伦做的。
---- The Red Shoes
◇ "The canopy which is to be borne over your Majesty, in the procession, is waiting," announced the chief master of the ceremonies.
“大家已经在外面把华盖准备好了，只等陛下一出去，就可撑起来去游行！”典礼官说。
◇ Kuang reached Toronto which lies slightly near the border at a misty dawn. There was frost and the broad downtown streets were very quiet. Though it was early, Kuang phoned his schoolmate in a booth nearby at once rather than waiting for him to come. They had a good time together.
光在一个薄雾笼罩的黎明到达稍稍接近边境的多伦多，地上有霜，宽阔的市区街道很安静。尽管还很早，光却不愿等待，立刻就在附近电话亭给同学打了个电话。他们在一起度过了美好的时光。
◇ Aries:
Yours is the most impatient sign of all, Aries, so naturally, what irritates you most is waiting.
白羊座：你可是12星座中最没耐心的一个，自然，能让你“抓狂”的事就是“等待”了。
---- The most unbearable thing for the twelve zodiac signs
◇ (3)Sorry to keep you waiting. And this is your room card.
(3)抱歉，让您久等了。这是您的房卡。