while

名词 n. 动词 v. 介词 prep. 连词 conj.
中文释义
美 /wæl/|/wɑl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
    — He lectured for quite a long while.
  2. An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.; An uncertain long period of time
  3. An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.; an uncertain short moment Philippines
动词 v.
  1. To pass (time) idly. in-compounds,transitive
    — I whiled away the hours whilst waiting for him to arrive
  2. Alternative spelling or misspelling of wile. alt-of,alternative,misspelling
    — There it lies before me sparkling in the sun, whiling me as it often does from my pen or book to gaze upon its loveliness.
  3. To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass. transitive
    — They whiled them with such answere as suted to their purposes, and long adoe was made in weaving and unweaving Penelopes web, till the Spanish Armada was upon the Coast, and the very Ordnance proclaimed in their eares a surcease from further illusions.
  4. To elapse, to pass. archaic,intransitive
    — The tedious hours whiled slowly on, 'till the succeeding afternoon, when the expected carriage made its appearance much sooner than they had promised themselves.
介词 prep.
  1. Until. Northern-England,Scotland
    — I may be conveyed into your chamber; I'll lie under your bed while midnight.
连词 conj.
  1. During the same time that.
    — He was sleeping while I was singing.
  2. Although.
    — This case, while interesting, is a bit frustrating.
  3. Until. Northern-England,Scotland
    — I'll wait while you've finished painting.
  4. As long as.
    — While you're at school you may live at home.

词形变化

whiles archaic,informal,plural whiles present,singular,third-person whiling participle,present whiled participle,past whiled past whiles present,singular,third-person whiling participle,present whiled participle,past whiled past

词汇关系

近义词
as when while whilom
反义词
since until
衍生词
after a while all the while awhile breathing while even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every once in a while every once in a while for a while in a little while in a while meanwhile no while once in a while paternoster while the while the whole while wait-a-while while-ere whilere whiles whilst worth one's while worth while worthwhile build the plane while flying it do-while loop driving while black driving while Mexican fiddle while Rome burns fix the roof while the sun is shining get out while the getting's good make hay while the sun shines not while pussy's a cat quit while one is ahead sort-while-pick strike the iron while it's hot strike while the iron is hot while loop while one is about it while one is at it while we're young while you're down there while away

词源

From Middle English whyle, from Old English hwīl, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (compare Dutch wijl, Low German Wiel, German Weile, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hvile (“rest”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvila (“rest”), Swedish vila (“rest”), Faroese and Icelandic hvíla (“rest”)) from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Cognate with Albanian sillë (“breakfast”), Latin tranquillus, Sanskrit चिर (cirá), Persian شاد (šâd).
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