delay

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity. countable,uncountable
    — the delay before the echo of a sound
  2. An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay. countable,uncountable
    — The 8-bit sound quality of many early delays did indeed leave a lot to be desired (compare this to the 16-bit digital technology of CDs)
  3. Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”). countable,uncountable
  4. An amount of time provided on each move before one's clock starts to tick; a less common time control than increment. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To put off until a later time; to defer. transitive
    — My lord delayeth his coming.
  2. To dilute, temper. obsolete
  3. To retard; to temporarily stop, detain, or hinder. transitive
    — The mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.
  4. To assuage, quench, allay. obsolete
    — Those dreadfull flames she also found delayd / And quenched quite like a consumed torch […].
  5. To wait, hesitate, tarry. intransitive
    — Don't delay; this special offer ends at midnight!
  6. To allay; to temper. obsolete,transitive
    — The watery showers delay the raging wind.

词形变化

delays plural delays present,singular,third-person delaying participle,present delayed participle,past delayed past delays present,singular,third-person delaying participle,present delayed participle,past delayed past

词汇关系

近义词
hold-up deferment delay dilation detain hinder hesitance hesitancy hesitation holdoff postponement prorogation respite retard forslow get in the way of hold up impede moderate quell
上位词
period
下位词
lag latency
衍生词
broadcast delay call delay danger in delay delay differential equation delay line delay slot delay tactic delay time language delay multidelay predelay profanity delay propagation delay rain delay round-trip delay time Shapiro delay tape delay time-delay time delay delayability delayable delayal delayed critical delayed criticality delayed ejaculation delayed miscarriage delayed neutron delayed-onset muscle soreness delayed onset muscle soreness delayed puberty delayed sleep phase disorder delayer delayingly delaying tactic delayism delay no more justice delayed is justice denied nondelaying redelay undelaying
相关词
delayed pause wait

词源

词源 1
From Middle English delaien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman delaier, Old French deslaier, from des- + Old French laier (“to leave”), a conflation of Old Frankish *lattjan ("to delay, hinder"; from Proto-Germanic *latjaną (“to delay, hinder, stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to leave, leave behind”)), and Old Frankish *laibijan ("to leave"; from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to leave, cause to stay”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to remain, continue”)). Doublet of dally.
Akin to Old English latian (“to delay, hesitate”), Old English latu (“a delay, a hindrance”), Old English lǣfan (“to leave”). More at let (to hinder), late, leave.
词源 2
From Middle English delaien, from Old French delaiier, a variant of delaissier.
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