delay
英 [d?'le?]
美[d?'le]
- vi. 延期；耽擱
- vt. 延期；耽擱
- n. 延期；耽擱；被耽擱或推遲的時間
- n. (Delay)人名；(英)迪萊；(法)德萊
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?delays;過去式:?delayed;過去分詞:?delayed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?delaying;
中文詞源
delay 延遲
來自法語delaie, 來自de-, 向下，離開，-laie, 留下，停留，詞源同lax, 拼寫受lay影響俗化，引申義延遲。
英文詞源
- delay
- delay: [13] English acquired delay from Old French delaier, a compound verb formed from the prefix de- ‘off’ and laier ‘leave’. This verb, which also crops up in English relay, appears to have been a variant of laissier (source of English lease), which came from Latin laxāre ‘slacken, undo’. This in turn was derived from the adjective laxus ‘loose’.
=> lax, lease, relay - delay (v.)
- c. 1300, from Old French delaiier, from de- "away, from" (see de-) + laier "leave, let," probably a variant of Old French laissier, from Latin laxare "slacken, undo" (see lax). Related: Delayed; delaying.
- delay (n.)
- mid-13c., from Old French delaie, from delaiier (see delay (v.)).
雙語例句
- 1. How much delay should we build into the plan?
- 我們應(yīng)該為這個計(jì)劃預(yù)留多少富余的時間？
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The time delay would be smaller by eight orders of magnitude.
- 如果按8個數(shù)量級來看，延時量會顯得小一些。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He hates delay and procrastination in all its forms.
- 他討厭任何形式的拖延和耽擱。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. A host of problems may delay the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
- 可能推遲英吉利海峽隧道開通的問題一大筐。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The laws led to confusion, muddle and years of delay.
- 這些法律導(dǎo)致了困惑、混亂和數(shù)年的耽擱。
來自柯林斯例句