wait — Słownik języka angielskiego

Czasownik

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

   TłumaczenieOdkładać ruch lub działanie do pewnego zdarzenia lub czasu; pozostawać bez zajęcia się kimś lub czymś albo w gotowości.

   Użycie

   • nieprzechodnie

   Przykłady

   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..

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   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.

   TłumaczenieObsługiwać stoliki; obsługiwać klientów w restauracji lub innym lokalu gastronomicznym.

   Użycie

   • użycie amerykańskie
   • nieprzechodnie
   • stative

   Przykłady

   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 (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)

   Użycie

   • archaiczne
   • przechodnie

   Przykłady

   to wait one’s turn

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

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   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.

   Użycie

   • wyszłe z użycia
   • przechodnie

   Przykłady

   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.

   Użycie

   • wyszłe z użycia

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

   Użycie

   • potoczne
   • wyszłe z użycia

   Przykłady

   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

   Użycie

   • wyszłe z użycia

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

   Użycie

   • nieprzechodnie

   Przykłady

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   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

Rzeczownik

1. A delay.

   TłumaczenieOpóźnienie; oczekiwanie.

   Przykłady

   There was a long wait at the station.

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

2. An ambush.

   Przykłady

   They lay in wait for the patrol.

   an enemy in wait

3. One who watches; a watchman.

   Użycie

   • wyszłe z użycia

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

   Użycie

   • użycie brytyjskie
   • in-plural
   • wyszłe z użycia

   Przykłady

   […]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.

   Użycie

   • użycie brytyjskie
   • in-plural

   Przykłady

   Hark! are the waits abroad?

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   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.[…]

Wykrzyknik

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

   TłumaczenieNakazuje rozmówcy na chwilę przestać mówić, pisać itp., często aby umożliwić wyjaśnienie.

   Użycie

   • nieformalne

   Synonimy

   hold onwait a minutejust a minute

   Przykłady

   Wait, which address do you mean?

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

Rzeczownik

1. time during which some action is awaited

   Synonimy

   delayholdtime lagpostponement

   Terminy szersze

   pauseintermissionbreakinterruptionsuspension

   Przykłady

   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)

   Synonimy

   waiting

   Terminy szersze

   inactivity

   Przykłady

   the wait was an ordeal for him

Czasownik

1. stay in one place and anticipate or expect something

   Terminy szersze

   expectlookawaitstaystickstick aroundstay putremainpersist

   Przykłady

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

2. wait before acting

   Synonimy

   hold offhold back

   Terminy szersze

   actmove

   Przykłady

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

3. look forward to the probable occurrence of

   Synonimy

   expectlookawait

   Terminy szersze

   thinkcogitatecerebrate

   Przykłady

   We were expecting a visit from our relatives

   She is looking to a promotion

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   he is waiting to be drafted

4. serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant

   Synonimy

   waitress

   Terminy szersze

   work

   Przykłady

   I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's