英 [ˈweɪtɪŋ] 美 [ˈweɪtɪŋ]
n. 等，等待；服侍，侍候，当服务员；宫廷侍候
v. 等候；盼望，期待；推迟，延缓（wait 的现在分词）
【名】 （waiting）（英、印、美）韦廷（人名）
wait /weɪt/ CET4 TEM4 [ waiting waited waits ]
及物动词/不及物动词 When you wait for something or someone, you spend some time doing very little, because you cannot act until that thing happens or that person arrives. 等候
I walk to a street corner and wait for the school bus.
我走到一个街道拐角处等校车。
I waited to see how she responded.
我等着看她如何反应。
We had to wait a week before we got the results.
我们不得不等候一个星期才拿到了结果。
不可数名词 等候
The waiting became almost unbearable.
等待变得几乎令人难以忍受了。
可数名词 A wait is a period of time in which you do very little, before something happens or before you can do something. 等待的时间
...the four-hour wait for the organizers to declare the result.
…组织者们宣布结果前4个小时的等待。
及物动词/不及物动词 If something is waiting for you, it is ready for you to use, have, or do. 等 (你) 使用; 等 (你) 去做
There'll be a car waiting for you.
将会有辆车等着你。
When we came home we had a meal waiting for us.
我们回到家时，有一顿饭正等着我们去享用。
He had a car waiting to take him back to the office.
有一辆车等着送他回办公室。
不及物动词 If you say that something can wait, you mean that it is not important or urgent and so you will deal with it or do it later. 延缓
I want to talk to you, but it can wait.
我想和你谈谈，但可以等会儿再说。
不及物动词 You can use wait when you are trying to make someone feel excited, or to encourage or threaten them. 等着吧 (期望引起对方兴奋之情，或鼓励对方); 等着瞧 (表示威胁)
If you think this all sounds very exciting, just wait until you read the book.
如果你觉得所有这些听起来令人兴奋，那就等你看了书之后再说吧。
及物动词 Wait is used in expressions such as wait a minute, wait a second, and wait a moment to interrupt someone when they are speaking, for example, because you object to what they are saying or because you want them to repeat something. 等一下 (用以打断对方的谈话，或要求对方重复); 且慢
"Wait a minute!" he broke in. "This is not giving her a fair hearing!"
“且慢！”他插话道。“这没有给她一个公平的辩解机会。”
不及物动词 If an employee waits on you, for example, in a restaurant or hotel, they take orders from you and bring you what you want. 服侍; 招待
There were plenty of servants to wait on her.
有许多佣人服侍她。
习语 If you say that you can't wait to do something or can hardly wait to do it, you are emphasizing that you are very excited about it and eager to do it. 急于要 (做某事)
We can't wait to get started.
我们迫不及待地想要开始了。
习语 If you tell someone to wait and see, you tell them that they must be patient or that they must not worry about what is going to happen in the future because they have no control over it. 等着瞧
We'll have to wait and see what happens.
我们只有等着看将会发生什么事情。
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
同义词： wait
being and remaining ready and available for use
waiting cars and limousines lined the curb ; found her mother waiting for them ; an impressive array of food ready and waiting for the guests ; military forces ready and waiting
同义词： ready and waiting(p)
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In virtue of the device of absurdity and the motif of waiting in this play, it tends to remind people of Beckett’s Waiting for Godot.
由于该剧使用了荒诞的手法和等待的主题，人们很容易把它和贝克特的《等待戈多》联系起来。
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You've been waiting long enough.
你等得够久的了。
Have you been waiting long?
你等了很长时间吗？
The waiting became almost unbearable.
等待变得几乎令人难以忍受了。
In one area was a blank canvas that had been waiting twenty-five years for the first line of paint.
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He's been waiting and waiting for his season due so that he can ripen into a powerful Orphic poet.
他一直在等待着自己繁茂的年华,那时候他将成长为强大的俄耳甫斯式的诗人。
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that a lot of people who voted for him have been waiting for, will kind of get put into place.
许多为他投票的选民所期待的政策就能实行。
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Yet,when it comes to my own money, I spend it at the drop of a hat - immediately,without waiting.
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"There are all sorts of rovers and stuff up there that are waiting to be discovered when people go up there."
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The group has been travelling, and waiting, with two groups of students driving ex-army Green Goddesses.
Her doctor is waiting for the results of some tests taken this week before starting treatment.
By the time Francis arrived on campus, hordes of people were still waiting to clear checkpoints.