| 釋義 |
wait1 /weit; wet/ n 1 act or time of waiting: 等： 等待; 等候的時間： We had a long ~ for the bus. 我們等候公車很久。 I don't like these long ~s. 我不喜歡這種長時間的等候。 2 [U] He in ~ for; (less usu) (較不常作) lay ~ for, be in hiding in order to attack, etc: 埋伏以待; 伏擊： The highwayman lay in ~ for the stage-coach. 那強盜等候伏擊驛馬車。 3 (pl) the ~s, persons who go from house to house singing carols at Christmas. (復(fù))圣誕節(jié)沿門唱贊美詩者; 報佳音者。 |