英语单词 | delay |
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英美音标 | 英 [dɪ'leɪ] 美 [dɪ'leɪ] |
中文释义 | v.耽搁;推迟;延误 n.耽搁;延期;推迟 |
英语例句 | (1) It was impossible to delay her at such a crisis. (2) We decided to delay our wedding until next year. (3) The weather is responsible for the delay. (4) Delay is not permissible, even for a single day. (5) There was a delay of two hours before the plane took off. |
中文例句 | (1) 在这样一个紧要关头来耽搁她是不可能的。 (2) 我们决定把婚礼推迟到明年。 (3) 由于天气关系才耽搁了。 (4) 不得延误,即使一日亦不可。 (5) 飞机起飞推迟了两个小时。 |
vocabulary简明 | A delay is a wait or a postponement. An unexpected delay before the start of a play might make the audience restless and noisy. |
vocabulary扩展 | During a delay, you have to wait around for things to begin. Delay is also a verb: "That burnt pizza is going to delay dinner for at least another hour." You can also delay by loitering or hanging around: "The performer always delays when he's nervous about singing in front of a crowd." Delay comes from the Old French delaiier, from the roots de-, "not," and laier, "leave." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]使延期;使延迟;推迟 If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later. →see usage note at:cancel [V n/-ing] [V]
2 [VERB 动词]使延误;使耽搁 To delay someone or something means to make them late or to slow them down. [V n]
3 [VERB 动词](故意)拖延,磨蹭 If you delay, you deliberately take longer than necessary to do something. [V]
4 [N-VAR 可变名词]延期;延迟;推迟 If there is a delay, something does not happen until later than planned or expected.
5 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]延误;耽搁 Delay is a failure to do something immediately or in the required or usual time.
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