wait — قاموس الإنجليزية

فعل

1. To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.

   الترجمةتأجيل الحركة أو الفعل حتى حدث أو وقت معين؛ البقاء دون التفات أو في حالة استعداد.

   الاستعمال

   • لازم

   أمثلة

   Please wait here until I return.

   Wait here until your car arrives.

   I’m still waiting for you to pay me back the money I lent you..

   أمثلة إضافية (4)

   They also serve who only stand and wait.

   Haste, my dear father; 'tis no time to wait.

   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.

   The South London tramway replacement will have to wait, possibly five years, because of the slowing down of bus manufacture due to national requirements.

2. To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.

   الترجمةخدمة الموائد؛ تقديم الخدمة للزبائن في مطعم أو مكان آخر لتناول الطعام.

   الاستعمال

   • استعمال أمريكي
   • لازم
   • stative

   أمثلة

   She waits tables at a café.

   She used to wait in this joint.

3. To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)

   الاستعمال

   • عتيق
   • متعدٍ

   أمثلة

   to wait one’s turn

   Awed with these words, in camps they still abide, / And wait with longing looks their promised guide.

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   The Court had assembled, to wait events, in the huge antechamber known as the Œil de Boeuf.

4. To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.

   الاستعمال

   • مهجور
   • متعدٍ

   أمثلة

   He chose a thousand horse, the flower of all / His warlike troops, to wait the funeral.

   Remorse and heaviness of heart shall wait thee, / And everlasting anguish be thy portion.

5. To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.

   الاستعمال

   • مهجور

6. To defer or postpone (especially a meal).

   الاستعمال

   • عامي
   • مهجور

   أمثلة

   Montague Thorold, who impatiently watched her wherever she went, came to tell her that his mother waited breakfast for her.

7. To watch with malicious intent; to lie in wait

   الاستعمال

   • مهجور

8. To remain faithful to one’s partner or betrothed during a prolonged period of absence.

   الاستعمال

   • لازم

   أمثلة

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   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."

   I will wait / Even if it takes forever / I will wait / Even if it takes a lifetime

اسم

1. A delay.

   الترجمةتأخير؛ انتظار.

   أمثلة

   There was a long wait at the station.

   I had a very long wait at the airport security check.

2. An ambush.

   أمثلة

   They lay in wait for the patrol.

   an enemy in wait

3. One who watches; a watchman.

   الاستعمال

   • مهجور

4. Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.

   الاستعمال

   • استعمال بريطاني
   • in-plural
   • مهجور

   أمثلة

   […]as he returned home to his owne house, the waits should sound the hautboies all the way

5. Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.

   الاستعمال

   • استعمال بريطاني
   • in-plural

   أمثلة

   Hark! are the waits abroad?

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   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.

   […] the waits begin their rounds, and going from house to house, […] they sing carols and Christmas hymns until […] another Christmas-day has dawned.[…]

لفظ تعجب

1. Tells the other speaker to stop talking, typing etc. for a moment, often to allow clarification.

   الترجمةتُقال لطلب توقف المتحدث الآخر لحظة عن الكلام أو الكتابة ونحو ذلك، غالبًا لإتاحة التوضيح.

   الاستعمال

   • غير رسمي

   مرادفات

   hold onwait a minutejust a minute

   أمثلة

   Wait, which address do you mean?

   - And so I went upstairs— - Wait. Your house has two floors?

اسم

1. time during which some action is awaited

   مرادفات

   delayholdtime lagpostponement

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   pauseintermissionbreakinterruptionsuspension

   أمثلة

   instant replay caused too long a delay

   he ordered a hold in the action

2. the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)

   مرادفات

   waiting

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   inactivity

   أمثلة

   the wait was an ordeal for him

فعل

1. stay in one place and anticipate or expect something

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   expectlookawaitstaystickstick aroundstay putremainpersist

   أمثلة

   I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets

2. wait before acting

   مرادفات

   hold offhold back

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   actmove

   أمثلة

   the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment

3. look forward to the probable occurrence of

   مرادفات

   expectlookawait

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   thinkcogitatecerebrate

   أمثلة

   We were expecting a visit from our relatives

   She is looking to a promotion

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   he is waiting to be drafted

4. serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant

   مرادفات

   waitress

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   work

   أمثلة

   I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's