mark time

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To march in place, while still in step with the beat.
    — When the colonel has given the signal for the music to beat time, he will give the caution for the movement as above; and the lieutenant colonel will immediately give the word to the right wing to mark time.
  2. To stop making progress temporarily; to wait or stand still. broadly,figuratively
    — Monday noon I chased over to the Auditorium and they was only about eighty in line ahead o' me[…] While I was markin' time I looked at the pitchers o' the different actors,

词形变化

marks time present,singular,third-person marking time participle,present marked time participle,past marked time past

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bide one's time
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