wait

动词

1. 1

   等、等待、等候

   Please wait here until the doctor calls your name.

   请在这里等，直到医生叫你的名字。

2. 2

   延后、暂缓、搁著

   The laundry can wait until the weekend, I think.

   我觉得洗衣服可以等到周末再说。

3. 3

   迫不及待口语，与 can't 连用

   I can't wait to try the new dessert shop downtown.

   我迫不及待想去市区那家新甜点店试试。

4. 4

   当服务生、端菜美式

   He waited tables at a diner for three summers.

   他有三个暑假在小餐馆当服务生。

5. 5

   伺候、服侍常与 on 连用

   She refuses to wait on her grown children anymore.

   她不愿意再伺候已经成年的孩子了。

名词

1. 1

   等待、等候、等候时间

   After a two-hour wait, we finally got a table.

   等了两个小时，我们终于有位子了。

感叹词

1. 1

   等一下、慢著口语

   Wait, that's not what I said at all.

   等一下，我根本不是那个意思。

相关片语

• wait for
• can't wait
• wait on
• lie in wait