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wait [waited, waiting, waits] (delay until some event) verb [UK: weɪt] [US: ˈweɪt] | 候 /hòu/verb 待 /dài/verb 等 /děng/verb 等待 /děngdài/verb |
wait for the other shoe to drop (to await an undesirable inevitability) verb | 提心吊膽verb |
wait on (provide a service) verb [UK: weɪt ɒn ˈsʌm.bə.di] [US: ˈweɪt ɑːn ˈsʌm.ˌbɑː.di] | 伺候 /cìhou/verb 侍候 /shìhòu/verb 侍奉 /shìfèng/verb 服侍 /fúshi/verb |
wait on someone hand and foot (attend to someone's every need) verb | 当帝王一般地侍候 /dāng dìwáng yībān de shìhòu/verb 當帝王一般地侍候verb |
waiter [waiters] (a server in a restaurant or similar) noun [UK: ˈweɪ.tə(r)] [US: ˈweɪ.tər] | 侍者 /shìzhě/noun 服务员 /fúwùyuán/noun 服務員noun |
waiting list [waiting lists] (ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service) noun [UK: ˈweɪt.ɪŋ lɪst] [US: ˈweɪt.ɪŋ ˈlɪst] | 候補名單noun |
waiting room [waiting rooms] (room) noun [UK: ˈweɪt.ɪŋ ruːm] [US: ˈweɪt.ɪŋ ˈruːm] | 候机室 /hòujīshì/noun 候機室noun 候診室noun 候诊室 /hòuzhěnshì/noun 候車室noun 候车室 /hòuchēshì/noun 接待室 /jiēdàishì/noun 等待室 /děngdàishì/noun |
waitress [waitresses] (female waiter) noun [UK: ˈweɪ.trɪs] [US: ˈweɪ.trəs] | 女服務生noun 服务员 /fúwùyuán/noun 服務員noun |
await [awaited, awaiting, awaits] (transitive: to wait for) verb [UK: ə.ˈweɪt] [US: ə.ˈweɪt] | 候 /hòu/verb 等 /děng/verb 等候 /děnghòu/verb 等待 /děngdài/verb |
good things come to those who wait (patience is a virtue) phrase [UK: ɡʊd ˈθɪŋz kʌm tuː ðəʊz huː weɪt] [US: ˈɡʊd ˈθɪŋz ˈkəm ˈtuː ðoʊz ˈhuː ˈweɪt] | 好事多磨 /hǎoshìduōmó/phrase 皇天不負有心人phrase |
headwaiter (main supervisory waiter) noun [UK: hˈedweɪtə] [US: hˈedweɪɾɚ] | 服務生領班noun |
Kuwait (country in the Middle East) proper noun [UK: kʊ.ˈweɪt] [US: kuː.ˈweɪt] | 科威特 /Kēwēitè/proper noun |
Kuwait City (capital of Kuwait) proper noun [UK: kʊ.ˈweɪt ˈsɪ.ti] [US: kuː.ˈweɪt ˈsɪ.ti] | 科威特城 /Kēwēitèchéng/proper noun |