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await 音标拼音: [əw'et]
vt. 等候,期待;将降临于 等候,期待;将降临於 await v 1: look forward to the probable occurrence of; " We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; " She is looking to a promotion"; " he is waiting to be drafted" [ synonym: { expect}, { look}, { await}, { wait}] Await \ A* wait"\, v. i. 1. To watch. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To wait ( on or upon). [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] 3. To wait; to stay in waiting. -- Darwin. [ 1913 Webster]
Await \ A* wait"\, n. A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster]
Await \ A* wait"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Awaited}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Awaiting}.] [ OF. awaitier, agaitier; ? ( L. ad) waitier, gaitier to watch, F. guetter. See { Wait}.] 1. To watch for; to look out for. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] 2. To wait on, serve, or attend. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] 3. To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See { Expect}. [ 1913 Webster] Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat, Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for; as, a glorious reward awaits the good. [ 1913 Webster] O Eve, some farther change awaits us night. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 77 Moby Thesaurus words for " await": abide, anticipate, approach, be destined, be fated, be imminent, be in store, be to be, be to come, bide, bide the issue, brew, come, come on, confront, count, dally, dawdle, delay, dillydally, draw near, draw nigh, draw on, expect, face, foresee, foretell, forthcome, gather, hang about, hang around, hang over, hold everything, hold on, hold your horses, hope, hover, impend, lie ahead, lie over, linger, loiter, look, look for, look forward to, loom, lower, mark time, menace, near, overhang, plan, plot, predict, project, prophesy, sit tight, sit up, sit up for, stay, stay up, stay up for, stick around, sweat, sweat it out, sweat out, take time, tarry, threaten, wait, wait a minute, wait and see, wait for, wait on, wait up for, watch, watch and wait
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