| 单词 | in waiting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin waiting c. Expectation; remaining stationary or quiescent in expectation of something. in waiting (predicatively): in a state of expectancy, remaining in one place or condition so as to be ready for some expected event: = waiting present participle. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > [noun] biding1340 expectation1524 await1538 tarriance1561 tendance1591 expectance1592 expectancy1592 attendance1597 awaiting1607 attendancy1646 waiting1743 sitting out1838 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > waiting [phrase] on (also upon) the reserve1655 to watch the clock?1705 in waiting1769 waiting in the wings1876 1557 Bible (Whittingham) 2 Thess. iii. 5 The Lord guyde your hearts to the loue of God, and the weating for of Christe. 1743 T. Jones in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 402 After 24 hours' waiting, the troops were obliged to retire. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 223 While the coach was in waiting, and they all stood on the hill. 1818 Ld. Byron Let. 17 July (1976) VI. 60 I am still in waiting for Hanson's Clerk—but luckily not at Geneva. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxiii. 227 I thought..I would ask Richard to be in waiting for me at the coach-office, that we might have a little talk together. 1885 J. Payn Talk of Town II. 147 A closed carriage, well appointed, was at the door, in waiting for her, and they took their seats. 1889 R. Bridges Growth of Love lxiii I abide and abide, as if more stout and tall My spirit would grow by waiting like a tree. in waiting e. Official attendance at court; one's period or term of such attendance. in waiting: on duty, in attendance (said e.g. of a maid of honour, a lord- or lady-in-waiting, a court official).For Groom in waiting at groom n.1 4, lady-in-waiting n., lord in waiting n. at lord n. and int. Phrases 4g, see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > in attendance [phrase] in waiting?1697 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > lord-in-waiting > period of attendance of waiting?1697 wait1884 ?1697 J. Lewis Mem. Duke of Glocester (1789) 24 When the Princess asked him, who taught him so? he said, Lewis; then, said her Highness, Lewis shall be turned out of waiting. 1705 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) V. 620 The dutchesse of St. Albans being made one of the ladies of the bedchamber to the queen..begun her first waiting on Monday. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. iii. 50 His Majesty sent for three great Scholars who were then in their weekly waiting (according to the Custom in that Country). 1730 R. Gale in W. C. Lukis Family Mem. W. Stukeley (1882) I. 235 Lady Pembroke is in waiting at Windsor. 1765 Earl of Coventry in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) I. 402 The letter I had from Lord March..offering to take my waiting the first of next month, in exchange of his own, which is not till the 29th. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 433 The prelates who were in waiting had from the first exhorted him to prepare for his end. 1912 Mrs. H. Wyndham Corr. Sarah Lady Lyttelton xi. 285 This is the last letter of interest during Lady Lyttelton's first waiting. < as lemmas |
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