| 单词 | wait up |
| 释义 | wait upverb (intr, adverb)to delay going to bed in order to await some event informal, mainly US and Canadian to halt and pause in order that another person may catch up Words nearby wait upwaitperson, waitress, waitressing, waitron, waitstaff, wait up, Waitz, waive, waiver, waiver of premium, Wajda Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with wait upwait up Postpone going to bed in anticipation of someone or something, as in My parents always wait up until I get home, no matter how late it is. [Mid-1800s] Stop or pause so that another can catch up, as in Let's wait up for the stragglers, or Don't walk so fast; wait up for me. [Colloquial] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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