【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】
gait n.步态，步法
bait n.饵，诱饵；诱惑 vt.置诱饵于…；放诱饵；激怒
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
【常用短语】
wait for 等候
【单词例句】
◇ That day, finally came, the lion said to the tiger: "the younger brother, wait a minute, I want to let you make a fool of yourself in front of the audience." "That's not necessarily?" The tiger retorts.
狮子和老虎那一天，终于来了，狮子对老虎说：“小弟，等会儿，我要让你在观众面前出丑。”“那还不一定呢？”老虎反驳道。
---- The Tiger And Lion
◇ The dwarf said, "The lord ravens are not at home, but if you want to wait here until they return, step inside."
小矮人说道：“我的主人不在家，如果你非要等他们回来的话，就请进来吧。”
---- The Seven Ravens
◇ And yet it was a young woman who stared back at me from the mirror. A young woman full of promise and hope, a young woman with bright eyes and full lips just waiting to take on the world.
可是镜子里回瞪着我的那个女孩还是那么年轻啊！明目皓齿，充满了前途与希望，光明的未来在向她招手。
---- A Little Piece of Me
◇ And though surrounded by our love,my father walked alone for the two weeks we waited out her coma,the months of doubt and rehabilitation.
这两个星期，我们都盼望着母亲从昏迷中醒过来。虽然有我们的爱伴随，父亲还是得在没有母亲陪伴的情况下，孤身一人熬过这两周和接下来数月的忐忒不安和康复等待期。
---- To Love Enough
◇ Don't wait for an apology. "Many times the person who hurt you has no intention of apologizing," Luskin says. "They may have wanted to hurt you or they just don't see things the same way. So if you wait for people to apologize, you could be waiting an awfully long time."
不要等候道歉。卢斯金说：“在很多情况下，伤害你的人不会想着向你道歉，他们可能就是想伤害你或者他们对事情的看法与你大相径庭。所以如果你等别人向你道歉，很可能要很长时间。”
◇ Even once global standards are assured,however,a further obstacle lies in wait.The Internet is plagued by long,erratic response times because it is a pull-technology,driven by patterns of user demands.Push-technology,on the other hand,reverses the relationship: servers simply send information to passive users,as in television and radio.
即使一旦确定全球标准，还会出现更多的障碍。网络因其反映时间长却不稳定而痛苦，因为这是以消费者需求为中心的“拉动技术”。推动技术与此相反，服务器只是把信息传给被动使用者，像电视和录音机一样。
◇ (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。
---- FISU Games Sentences for Citizens (2)
◇ 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
◇ 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。
◇ "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。