wait — 英語辞典

動詞

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

   訳文ある出来事や時刻まで動作や行動を遅らせる。手を付けられずに、または準備して待つ。

   用法

   • 自動詞

   例文

   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..

   その他の例文 (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.

   訳文レストランなどの飲食店でテーブルを担当し、客に給仕する。

   用法

   • 米国での用法
   • 自動詞
   • stative

   例文

   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 (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)

   用法

   • 古語
   • 他動詞

   例文

   to wait one’s turn

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

   その他の例文 (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.

   用法

   • 廃語
   • 他動詞

   例文

   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.

   用法

   • 廃語

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

   用法

   • 口語
   • 廃語

   例文

   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

   用法

   • 廃語

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

   用法

   • 自動詞

   例文

   その他の例文 (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

名詞

1. A delay.

   訳文遅れ、待つ時間。

   例文

   There was a long wait at the station.

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

2. An ambush.

   例文

   They lay in wait for the patrol.

   an enemy in wait

3. One who watches; a watchman.

   用法

   • 廃語

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

   用法

   • 英国での用法
   • in-plural
   • 廃語

   例文

   […]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.

   用法

   • 英国での用法
   • in-plural

   例文

   Hark! are the waits abroad?

   その他の例文 (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.[…]

間投詞

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

   訳文説明を明確にするためなどに、相手に話すことや入力することを少し止めるよう伝える。

   用法

   • くだけた表現

   同義語

   hold onwait a minutejust a minute

   例文

   Wait, which address do you mean?

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

名詞

1. time during which some action is awaited

   同義語

   delayholdtime lagpostponement

   上位語

   pauseintermissionbreakinterruptionsuspension

   例文

   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)

   同義語

   waiting

   上位語

   inactivity

   例文

   the wait was an ordeal for him

動詞

1. stay in one place and anticipate or expect something

   上位語

   expectlookawaitstaystickstick aroundstay putremainpersist

   例文

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

2. wait before acting

   同義語

   hold offhold back

   上位語

   actmove

   例文

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

3. look forward to the probable occurrence of

   同義語

   expectlookawait

   上位語

   thinkcogitatecerebrate

   例文

   We were expecting a visit from our relatives

   She is looking to a promotion

   その他の例文 (1)

   he is waiting to be drafted

4. serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant

   同義語

   waitress

   上位語

   work

   例文

   I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's