while
while 英 [waɪl] 美 [hwaɪl, waɪl]
conj. 虽然；当……的时候 n. 一会儿；
名词复数:whiles
- While describes a length of time. If you were describing a first date, you might say, "We sat there for a while in an incredibly awkward silence."
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- conj. 虽然；当……的时候
- n. 一会儿；
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1. take a break for a while
休息一会
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2. shoes mended while you wait
在你等候的时候修的鞋
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3. We must be stolen while we were asleep.
我们睡觉时一定让贼入室偷了。
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4. They chatted for a while.
他们聊了一会儿。
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5. I'll be back in a little while (= a short time).
我一会儿就回来。
- while (n.) Old English hwile, accusative of hwil "a space of time," from Proto-Germanic *hwilo (source also of Old Saxon hwil, Old Frisian hwile, Old High German hwila, German Weile, Gothic hveila "space of time, while"), originally "rest" (compare Old Norse hvila "bed," hvild "rest"), from PIE *kwi-lo-, suffixed form of root *kweie- "to rest, be quiet." Notion of "period of rest" became in Germanic "period of time."
- while (v.) "to cause (time) to pass (without dullness)," 1630s, earlier "to occupy or engage (someone or something) for a period of time" (c. 1600), new formation from while (n.), not considered to be from Middle English hwulen "to have leisure," which is from a Germanic verb form of while (n.) (compare German weilen "to stay, linger"). An association with phrases such as Shakespearean beguile the day, Latin diem decipere, French tromper le temps "has led to the substitution of WILE v by some modern writers" [OED] (see wile (v.)).
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