wait-a-while

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of wait-a-bit. South-Africa
  2. Any of several thorny Australian vines or shrubs which impede passage, especially Acacia cuspidifolia of Western Australia, Smilax australis of eastern Australia and the Northern Territory, and lawyer vine. Australia
    — In the new clearing by the creek where he had felled most of the big stuff, she attacked the landscape with anger, grubbing out the wait-a-while and bush-sword that was still guzzling round the stumps.

词形变化

wait-a-whiles plural

词源

Originally after South African Dutch wacht-en-beetje; compare wait-a-bit.
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