to wait in for sb→ quedarse en casa esperando a algn wait on VI + PREP [waiter, servant]→ servir, atender (esp LAm)to wait on sb hand and foot→ atender el menor deseo de algn wait out VT + ADV 1. (= wait till end of) [+ storm]→ esperar a que pasewe have enough ...
waiten , OF. waitier , gaitier , to watch, attend, F. guetter to watch, to wait for, fr. OHG. wahta a guard, watch, G. wacht , from OHG. wahhēn to watch, be awake. √134. See Wake , Verb. I. ] 1. To watch; to observe; to take notice. ...
await(v.) mid-13c.,awaiten, "to wait for," from Old North Frenchawaitier(Old Frenchagaitier) "to lie in wait for, watch, observe," froma-"to" (seead-) +waitier"to watch" (seewait(v.)). Originally especially "wait for with hostile intent, wait to ambush or spy upon." Rela...
to wait on sb hand and foot→ desvivirse por algn, ponérselo todo en bandeja a algnsee also eat Bsee also force B1see also join A1see also show A1, B1see also throw up B1see also wash B1see also win B3, C11. (phrases with adjective)...
1839, "to deceive (opponents), especially by betting heavily and with a confident air on a worthless hand to make them 'fold,'" an American English poker term, perhaps from Dutch bluffen "to brag, boast," or verbluffen "to baffle, mislead." The general sense "use a show of confid ...
EN wait的动词变位表 Simple tenses Continuous tenses Conditional Imperative Impersonal Simple tenses Present I wait you wait he/she/it waits we wait you wait they wait Past I waited you waited he/she/it waited we waited you waited they waited Present Perfect I have waited you have waited he...
wait on(third-person singular simple presentwaits on,present participlewaiting on,simple past and past participlewaited on) wait on (third-person singular simple presentwaits on,present participlewaiting on,simple past and past participlewaited on) ...
3、分词:[participle]具有动词及形容词二者特征的词;尤指以-ing或-ed,-d,-t,-en或-n结尾的英语动词性形容词,具有形容词功能,同时又表现各种动词性特点,如时态,语态、带状语性修饰语的性能及带宾词的性能 句子成分 句子的组成部分,包括主语、谓语、宾语、定语、补语、状语、表语七种 主语是句子叙述的主体,可...
if I were in your shoes→ si yo estuviese en tu lugar, yo que túto step into sb's shoes→ pasar a ocupar el puesto de algnto be waiting for dead men's shoes esperar a que muera algn (para pasar luego a ocupar su puesto) 2. (Aut) (also brake shoe)→ zapata f B. VT [+...
await(v.) mid-13c.,awaiten, "to wait for," from Old North Frenchawaitier(Old Frenchagaitier) "to lie in wait for, watch, observe," froma-"to" (seead-) +waitier"to watch" (seewait(v.)). Originally especially "wait for with hostile intent, wait to ambush or spy upon." Rela...