【while音标】 英[waɪl] 美[waɪl]
【单词释义】 while是什么意思：
conj.在…期间；当…的时候；与…同时；虽然；然而
n.（一段）时间
vt.消磨，打发（时间）；（愉快而懒散地）度过（时间）（常与away连用）
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] whiles [第三人称单数] whiles
[单词现在分词] whiling
[单词过去式] whiled
[单词过去分词] whiled
【while形近词/近似词】
erstwhile adj.从前的；以前的；往昔的 adv.从前；往昔地
worthwhile adj.值得做的；值得花时间的；有价值的
meanwhile adv.同时，其间
【近义词解析】
◇ 当…时
as 〔conj. 当…时，（正当）…的时候〕引导状语从句时，侧重指从句中的动作与主句中的动作同时发生或同时进行，一般持续时间不长，其谓语可以是延续性动词，也可以是瞬时动词。She was coming in as he was going out.
when 〔conj. 在…时，当…时〕所引导的状语从句中，谓语可以是延续性动词，也可以是瞬时动词，其动作既可以和主句的动作同时发生，也可以在主句的动作之前或之后发生。It was raining when we arrived.
while 〔conj. 当…时，在…期间〕指在某事发生之际或发生的过程中，另一事又发生。所引导的状语从句中，谓语应为延续性动词，而不用瞬时动词，强调其动作与主句中的动作同时发生，但持续时间一般较长；有时也可指主句的动作在从句的动作过程中发生。
【单词例句】
◇ The race began, a tiger and a lion are blunt go out, after a while, the tiger left the lion. The lion ran ran panting, sweating, more and more can't run, the result cans be imagined. The tiger victory.
比赛开始了，老虎和狮子都冲了出去，不一会儿，老虎把狮子甩在了后面。狮子跑着跑着就气喘吁吁，满头大汗，越来越跑不动了，结果可想而知。老虎胜利了。
---- The Tiger And Lion
◇ Suddenly, a tiny voice, "I go to!" You see, it is little rabbit. In the beginning, the meeting is still very quiet, after a while, erupted out of the rolling thunder laughter.
突然，一个细小的声音传了出来，“我去！”大家一看，原来是小兔子。一开始，会场还很安静，过了一会儿，全场爆发出了滚雷般的笑声。
---- The Big Tiger and Little Rabbit
◇ The oldest brother was met by a lovely maiden as fresh as a newly baked cake, the middle brother by a fair girl with silky hair and skin, while the youngest, after looking and looking, saw nothing but a frog in that ditch.
大王子找到的是一个美丽的姑娘，皮肤柔嫩得像刚出炉的蛋糕;二王子找到的是一个脸色苍白的姑娘，身体纤细得像根线;而小王子朝水沟里望啊、望啊，最后只找到一只青蛙。
---- The Prince Who Married a Frog
◇ But the mother said, "Go now and look for some big stones. We will fill the godless beast's stomach with them while he is still asleep."
可是羊妈妈说：“你们去找些大石头来。我们趁这坏蛋还没有醒过来，把石头装到它的肚子里去。”
---- The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids
◇ About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college, I was working as an intern at my University's Museum of Natural History. One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair.
十年前我还是一名在校大学生，那时我在学校的自然历史博物馆实习。一天，在礼品店的收银机那儿工作时，我看到一对老年夫妇推着一个坐轮椅的小女孩走了进来。
---- World of Smiles
◇ While they were signing the papers, the wife told the husband. “I really love you, but I really can’t carry on anymore, I’m sorry.”
当他们签署文件时，老夫人遗憾地告诉丈夫：“我真的很爱你，但我再也不能忍受下去了，我非常抱歉。”
---- Life Together
◇ There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving songbirds.
从前，有个寂寞的女孩非常渴望爱。一天，她走在丛林中，发现两只快要饿死的小鸟。
---- Best Way to Keep Love is to Give It Wings
◇ As I thought about him while I was ironing one evening, it suddenly occurred to me that I, too, would like to have a wife. Why do I want a wife?
有天晚上烫衣服时，想着这位仁兄的近况，我突发奇想，也想找个妻子。为什么要找妻子呢？我为什么希望有个老婆呢？
---- I Want a Wife
◇ Serious doubts remain over whether consumers will be interested in having to make the sort of mental effort associated with computing while also settling down in front of a sitcom.
现在严重的疑虑是当消费者坐下来看连续剧时，是否有兴趣用电脑做些智力游戏。
◇ This means it must have happened soon after the Big Bang itself,while the intensity of the radiation revealed it to be the biggest bang recorded by man.
意思就是它在大爆炸发生不久就发生了。极大的爆炸强度使人们把它记载为史上最大的爆炸。
---- The Big Bang