wait

A2高頻度 NGSL-1

英 /weɪt/米 /weɪt/

意味

noun

待つ

an act of waiting; an amount of time waited

“The wait seemed interminable.”

verb

待つ

to stay where you are or delay doing something until somebody/something comes or something happens

“She rang the bell and waited.”

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“the willingness to breathe through waiting for the doctor to call after your mammogram.”

“(Laughter) Waiting until it ends, so they can go home and write a paper about it.”

“So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?"”

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