| 单词 | to time out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto time out to time out ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] geleOE studegieOE abideOE to do in or a (= on) fristc1175 dwellc1175 demurc1230 targec1250 dretcha1325 tarrya1375 sojourn1377 defer1382 letc1385 hinderc1386 blina1400 delay?a1400 honea1400 litea1400 overbidea1400 prolongc1425 supersede1433 hoverc1440 tarrowc1480 sunyie1488 stay?a1500 sleep1519 slack1530 protract1540 linger1548 procrastinate1548 slackc1560 slug1565 jauk1568 temporize1579 detract1584 longering1587 sit1591 prorogue1593 to time it out1613 to lie out1640 crastinate1656 taigle17.. to hang fire1782 to hold off1790 to hang it on1819 prevaricate1854 to lie over1856 to tread water1942 to drag one's feet1946 1613 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. 81 They timed it out all that Spring, and a great part of the next Sommer. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James II in Wks. (1711) 32 Others advised him..to time it out a while: In this lingring War a Truce might be agreed upon. 1709 J. Spelman & T. Hearne Life Alfred the Great i. 39 Timing it out in other Parts till (with the Adherence of divers of their Nation) they were grown a mighty Number, they then again enter E. Anglia. 2. transitive. To plan out according to the time needed or available. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [verb (transitive)] > apportion (a period of time) to time out1902 1902 Fortn. Rev. June 1036 When a man is always timing out his day, and dovetailing together the duties which compose his daily life. 1961 IRE Trans. Industr. Electronics Aug. 14/2 Timing out the program involves..good engineering and programming judgment to make a realistic analysis of how often these additional instructions will be needed and how quickly they will be needed. 1972 S. Mickelson Electric Mirror v.105 He didn't seem to be able to time out his speeches to complete them within the thirty-minute periods which were normally bought for the purpose. 2006 L. Maslon Sound of Music Compan. vi. 136 Marc Breaux and Saul Chaplin were sent ahead to Salzburg..for the meticulous task of timing out the dance sequences at the locations. 3. intransitive. Computing and Electronics. To cancel or pause an operation automatically after a preset time interval has passed without a particular event occurring. Also (of an operation): to be cancelled or paused in this way. Also transitive with operation as object. ΚΠ 1950 Trans. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 69 1486/2 The controlling relay..is prevented from timing out until all instantaneous relays have returned to normal. 1972 IEEE Trans. Communications 20 542/2 If several RFNM's [sc. request for next message] for multipacket messages have been sent to the host, they will be timed out one at a time in sequence. 1988 InfoWorld 14 Nov. 94/1 When you make an incorrect password entry..the program just sits there until it times out. 1998 InfoWorld 20 Apr. 39/1 DeskPower 2.0 shuts the screen down, monitors the system, and times it out. 2009 Charleston (West Virginia) Gaz. (Nexis) 4 Aug. 4a The government's computer system kept timing out. < as lemmas |
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