wait表示等候; 等待的意思，那么你知道wait的短语有哪些吗?接下来小编为大家整理了wait的短语搭配，希望对你有帮助哦!

wait的短语：

in wait

1. 伺机(攻击敌人或潜在的牺牲品)

他决定埋伏等待那个小偷。

he decided to lie in wait for the thief.

wait and see

1. 等着瞧

wait for it

1. (英，非正式)等待时机

巡逻——等待时机——停!。

patrol—wait for it—halt!.

you wait

1. (表示威胁，警告或许诺)等着瞧;等着吧

等着，你爸来了再说!。

you wait until your Dad gets in!.

wait on (或upon)

1. 服侍，招待

指派了一个女仆来服侍她。

a maid was appointed to wait on her.

2. (澳/新西兰，北英格兰，非正式)等待，等候

等着，我有重要消息告诉你。

wait on, I've an important message for you.

wait on 或 wait upon

1. 满足…的需要;服侍

2. 造访：正式拜访;访问

3. 作为一个结果;依赖于

4. 等待

他们在等我的决定

They're waiting on my decision.

wait out

1. 推迟直至结束为止

直等到战争结束;等到迷你裙风潮过后

wait out a war; waited out the miniskirt craze.

wait up

1. 熬夜等候：为等待某事或某人而推迟睡觉

2. 【非正式用语】 等：为使别人赶上而停止或暂停

让我们等等掉队的人

Let's wait up for the stragglers.

同义词辨析：

wait, await

这两个动词均含"等，等待"之意。

wait ： 普通用词，侧重静候于某处，直到等候或期待的人或事物的到来，通常用作不及物动词，与for连用。

await ： 正式用词，及物动词，通常指不断等待，多含耐心意味。

wait的短语例句：

1. If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.

如果你等待，发生的只有变老。

2. Do not wait for good things to happen to you. You need to walk towards happiness.

不要等待好事降临，你要向幸福进发。

3. "Wait there!" Kathryn rose. "No, on second thought, follow me."

“在那儿等着!”凯瑟琳站起身来，“不，我改主意了。跟我来。”

4. "Wait a damn minute," Mindy spat. "Nobody said anything about staying overnight."

“该死的，等一下”，明迪愤愤地说道，“谁也没说过要过夜。”

5. I hope he doesn't expect you to wait up for him.

我希望他没指望你熬夜等他。

6. Check us in at the hotel and wait for my call.

去宾馆替我们办理好入住手续，然后等我的电话。

7. There were plenty of servants to wait on her.

有很多仆人服侍她。

8. It'll have to wait. This is our busiest time .

这事得往后放。这是我们最忙碌的时候。

9. The spider must wait for prey to be ensnared on its web.

蜘蛛必须等待猎物被它的蛛网困住。

10. They have to wait for clearance from air traffic control.

他们需要等空中交通管制人员的放行。

11. He had to wait months before his case was heard.

等了数月后，他的案子才得到审理。

12. Any changes will have to wait until sponsors can be found.

任何改变都要等找到赞助商之后再作决定。

13. Wretched woman, he thought, why the hell can't she wait?

他想，可恶的女人，她怎么就不能等一等呢?

14. I want to talk to you, but it can wait.

我想和你谈谈，但可以晚点再说。

15. "Wait for me!" Melanie squawked. "I'm not staying here alone."

“等等我!”梅拉尼粗声抗议道，“我不想一个人呆在这里。”