wait
英語
編輯
其他形式
編輯- (棄用) waight
詞源
編輯源自中古英語 waiten，源自盎格魯-諾曼語 waiter、waitier（對比法語 guetter←古法語 gaitier、guaitier)，源自古法蘭克語 *wahtwēn (「看守，守衛」)，派生自古法蘭克語 *wahtu (「看守」)，源自原始日耳曼語 *wahtwō (「看守」)，源自原始印歐語 *weǵ- (「鮮，快樂」)。同源詞有古高地德語 wahtēn (「看守，守衛」)、德國低地德語 wachten (「等」)、荷蘭語 wachten (「等」)、法語 guetter (「守候」)、薩特弗里斯蘭語 wachtje (「等」)、西弗里斯蘭語 wachtsje (「等」)、北弗里斯蘭語 wachtjen (「待命」)。詳見watch。
發音
編輯動詞
編輯wait (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 waits，現在分詞 waiting，一般過去時及過去分詞 waited)
- (及物，現罕用) 等待；期待 （現在多用wait for）
- 近義詞：await
- to wait one’s turn ― 等着輪到自己
- Template:RQ:Dryden Virgil
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, 出版於 2007，第 30 頁:
- The Court had assembled, to wait events, in the huge antechamber known as the Œil de Boeuf.
- （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
- (不及物) 等待，待命
- Wait here until your car arrives.
- 在這兒等你的車來。
- Template:RQ:Milton Poems 1673
- Template:RQ:Dryden Virgil
- 1897年 12月（標示為1898年）, Winston Churchill, 章號 IV, 出自 The Celebrity: An Episode, 紐約: The Macmillan Company；倫敦：Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC，第 46 頁:
- No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
- （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
- 1948 March and April, 「Notes and News: London Transport Plans」, 出自 Railway Magazine，第 132 頁:
- The South London tramway replacement will have to wait, possibly five years, because of the slowing down of bus manufacture due to national requirements.
- （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
- (不及物，狀態動詞，美國，指在飯店) 當服務員
- 近義詞：wait tables
- She used to wait in this joint.
- 她以前在這家店當服務員。
- (及物，棄用) 出席，參加
- Template:RQ:Dryden Virgil
- 1714, Nicholas Rowe, The Tragedy of Jane Shore:
- Remorse and heaviness of heart shall wait thee, / And everlasting anguish be thy portion.
- （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
- (棄用) 陪同，隨同
- (棄用，口語) 推遲 （尤指一餐飯）
- 1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, 出版於 2004，第 185 頁:
- Montague Thorold, who impatiently watched her wherever she went, came to tell her that his mother waited breakfast for her.
- （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
- (短語外棄用) 伺機，埋伏
- (不及物) 等待，盼望 （自己的伴侶長時間離開後歸來）
- 1957, Dagny Taggart, Francisco d'Anconia, Ayn Rand's, Atlas Shrugged:
- She did not question him. Before leaving, she asked only, "When will I see you again?" He answered, "I don't know. Don't wait for me, Dagny. Next time we meet, you will not want to see me."
- （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
- 1974, The Bee Gees, Night Fever:
- I will wait / Even if it takes forever / I will wait / Even if it takes a lifetime
- （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
近義詞
編輯- (等待某事物)： await、wait for，見Thesaurus:wait for
- (靜待某事物)： hold one's breath，見Thesaurus:wait
- (做服務員)： wait on、wait upon、serve
- (參加，出席)： bestand、serve、tend，見Thesaurus:serve
- (陪同，隨同)： attend、escort、go with
- (推遲)： defer、postpone，見Thesaurus:procrastinate
衍生詞彙
編輯動詞的派生詞彙
- accident waiting to happen
- all things come to those who wait
- can't wait
- disaster waiting to happen
- good things come to those who wait
- hurry up and wait
- just you wait
- lady-in-waiting
- lady in waiting
- sit-and-wait predator
- time and tide wait for no man
- wait-a-bit
- wait-and-see
- wait and see
- wait around
- wait-a-while
- waiter
- wait for
- wait for it
- wait for the ball to drop
- wait for the cat to jump
- wait for the other shoe to drop
- waiting list
- waiting maid
- waiting move
- waiting room
- waiting staff
- wait in the wings
- wait-list
- wait on
- wait on someone hand and foot
- wait on tables
- wait out
- waitperson
- waitress
- waitron
- wait staff
- wait state
- wait tables
- wait till the clouds roll by
- wait up
- wait upon hand and foot
- watch and wait
- watchful waiting
- what are you waiting for
名詞
編輯wait (複數 waits)
- 等待，延遲
- I had a very long wait at the airport security check.
- 我在機場安檢耽擱了好久。
- 埋伏，守候
- They lay in wait for the patrol.
- 他們在埋伏巡邏隊。
- 1667, John Milton, 「Book 4」, 出自 Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; 再版為 Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- an enemy in wait
- （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
- (計算機) wait state之簡寫。
- (棄用) 看守人
- (以複數形式，棄用，英國) 雙簧管
- (以複數形式，英國) （尤其是聖誕節時，在晚上或凌晨演奏音樂的）音樂家 （曾作waites、wayghtes）
- Template:RQ:Beaumont Fletcher Comedies and Tragedies
- 1819-1820, Washington Irving, The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon
- The sound of the waits, rude as may be their minstrelsy, breaks upon the mild watches of a winter night with the effect of perfect harmony.
衍生詞彙
編輯相關詞彙
編輯嘆詞
編輯wait
- (非正式) 等下 （讓某人暫停說話）
- Wait. Stop talking for a moment while I get my head straight.
- 等會。我整理思緒的時候不要講話。
衍生詞彙
編輯異序詞
編輯埃爾夫達利安語
編輯詞源
編輯源自古諾爾斯語 hvítr，源自原始日耳曼語 *hwītaz。與瑞典語 vit同源。
形容詞
編輯wait
- 白色的
哥特語
編輯羅馬化
編輯wait
- 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍄的羅馬化
托克皮辛語
編輯詞源
編輯形容詞
編輯wait
- 白色的