delay
delay 英 [dɪˈleɪ] 美 [dɪˈle]
v. 延期；耽搁 n. 延期；耽搁
进行时:delaying 过去式:delayed 过去分词:delayed 第三人称单数:delays 名词复数:delays
- A delay is a wait or a postponement. An unexpected delay before the start of a play might make the audience restless and noisy.
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- v. 延期；耽搁
- n. 延期；耽搁
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1. a delay of two hours，a two-hour delay
两小时的延误
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2. We apologize for the delay in answering your letter.
来信收悉，迟覆为歉。
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3. There's no time for delay.
没有时间了，不能拖延了。
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4. Report it to the police without delay.
赶快将此事报告警方。
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5. Don't delay—call us today!
别拖延 — 今天就给我们打电话！
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6. He delayed telling her the news, waiting for the right moment.
他没有马上把消息告诉她，等有了适当的时机再说。
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7. Thousands of commuters were delayed for over an hour.
数千名乘车上下班的人被耽搁了一个多小时。
- delay (n.) mid-13c., from Old French delaie, from delaiier (see delay (v.)).
- delay (v.) c. 1300, from Old French delaiier, from de- "away, from" (see de-) + laier "leave, let." This is perhaps a variant of Old French laissier, from Latin laxare "slacken, undo" (see lax). But Watkins has it from Frankish *laibjan, from a Proto-Germanic causative form of PIE root *leip- "to stick, adhere." Related: Delayed; delaying.
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