wait
noun/weɪt/
[usually singular]Слово англійською: wait
Переклад wait українською: очікування, засада, сторож
Детальний опис
- an act of waiting; an amount of time waited
- The wait seemed interminable.
- It took six months for the house to be finished, but it was worth the wait.
- wait for somebody/something We had a long wait for the bus.
- He now faces an agonizing two-month wait for the test results.
- We had a half-hour wait to see the doctor.
- wait of… There could be a wait of four months or more.
Homophones wait | weightwait weight/weɪt/- wait verb
- You won't have to wait long—the next train is in five minutes.
- wait noun
- It was an anxious wait, but finally she found out that she'd passed.
- weight noun
- He has lost a lot of weight.
- weight verb
- Weight the tablecloth down so that it doesn't move or blow away.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Northern French waitier, of Germanic origin; related to the verb wake. Early senses included ‘lie in wait (for)’, ‘observe carefully’, and ‘be watchful’.
Idioms
lie in wait (for somebody)
- to hide, waiting to surprise, attack or catch somebody
- He was surrounded by reporters who had been lying in wait for him.