delay
英 [d?'le?]
美[d?'le]
- vi. 延期；耽搁
- vt. 延期；耽搁
- n. 延期；耽搁；被耽搁或推迟的时间
- n. (Delay)人名；(英)迪莱；(法)德莱
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词态变化
第三人称单数:?delays;过去式:?delayed;过去分词:?delayed;现在分词:?delaying;
中文词源
delay 延迟
来自法语delaie, 来自de-, 向下，离开，-laie, 留下，停留，词源同lax, 拼写受lay影响俗化，引申义延迟。
英文词源
- delay
- delay: [13] English acquired delay from Old French delaier, a compound verb formed from the prefix de- ‘off’ and laier ‘leave’. This verb, which also crops up in English relay, appears to have been a variant of laissier (source of English lease), which came from Latin laxāre ‘slacken, undo’. This in turn was derived from the adjective laxus ‘loose’.
=> lax, lease, relay - delay (v.)
- c. 1300, from Old French delaiier, from de- "away, from" (see de-) + laier "leave, let," probably a variant of Old French laissier, from Latin laxare "slacken, undo" (see lax). Related: Delayed; delaying.
- delay (n.)
- mid-13c., from Old French delaie, from delaiier (see delay (v.)).
双语例句
- 1. How much delay should we build into the plan?
- 我们应该为这个计划预留多少富余的时间？
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- 2. The time delay would be smaller by eight orders of magnitude.
- 如果按8个数量级来看，延时量会显得小一些。
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- 3. He hates delay and procrastination in all its forms.
- 他讨厌任何形式的拖延和耽搁。
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- 4. A host of problems may delay the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
- 可能推迟英吉利海峡隧道开通的问题一大筐。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The laws led to confusion, muddle and years of delay.
- 这些法律导致了困惑、混乱和数年的耽搁。
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