wait

wait

englanti

  1. viivästys

Esimerkkejä wait sanan käytöstä:

Poor Heka had to wait in rain for many hours.

Liittyvät sanat: hold on

Synonyymisanakirja

wait

  1. toimettomuus, odotus, odottaminen, tauko, väliaika, keskeytys, viivytys, pysäytys, viive, lykkäys, viivästys.

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Käännökset

englanti

odottaa

tarjoilla

odotus

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 (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)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

Awed with these words, in camps they still abide, / And wait with longing looks their promised guide.
1992, (w), A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, page 30:
The Court had assembled, to wait events, in the huge antechamber known as the Œil de Boeuf.
puhekieltä To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
(w)
They also serve who only stand and wait.
Haste, my dear father; 'tis no time to wait.
(quote-book)

(ux)

puhekieltä To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
puhekieltä To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
He chose a thousand horse, the flower of all / His warlike troops, to wait the funeral.
Rowe
Remorse and heaviness of heart shall wait thee, / And everlasting anguish be thy portion.
puhekieltä To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.
puhekieltä To defer or postpone (a meal).

to wait dinner

puhekieltä To remain celibate while one's lover is unavailable.
1957,Dagny Taggart and Francisco d'Anconia, Ayn Rand's w:Atlas_Shrugged Atlas Shrugged
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."
1974, w:The Bee Gees|The Bee Gees, w:Night Fever|Night Fever
I will wait / Even if it takes forever / I will wait / Even if it takes a lifetime
A delay.

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

An ambush.

They laid in wait for the patrol.

Milton
an enemy in wait
puhekieltä One who watches; a watchman.
puhekieltä hautboy Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.

(rfquotek)

puhekieltä Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. formerly waites, wayghtes.
(rfdat) w:Beaumont and Fletcher|Beaumont and Fletcher
Hark! are the waits abroad?
(rfdat) w:Washington Irving|Washington Irving
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.
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Sitaatit

  • "Now wait a minute!" Homer huomaa että häntä on huijattu"

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