delaydelayD.J.:[diˈlei]K.K.:[dɪˈle]n.1.■耽搁, 延迟His delay made the teacher angry.他的迟到使老师生气了。2.■被耽搁[推迟]的事件或时间My delay in going abroad is due to my illness.我推迟出国是因为我生病了。vt. & vi.1.■(使)耽搁, 延误It is getting late, don't delay.时间已晚, 不要耽搁了。Heavy traffic delayed us.繁忙的交通把我们耽误了。vt.1.■推迟, 使延期
delay[di'lei]vt.1.■推迟,使延迟,使延期,延缓:The driver delayed the drive until the weather cleared.驾驶员延迟到天气转晴后才出车。2.■延误;拖延,延迟,耽搁,阻滞:The dense fog delayed the plane's start.浓雾延误了飞机的起飞。vi.1.■拖延,延误,延迟,耽搁;逗留:She delayed until it was too late.她拖得太晚了。A tight schedule means we can't delay any longer.一张紧凑的时间表表明我们不能再耽搁。n.1.■拖延,延迟,延误;耽搁2.■耽搁的时间,延误期,延期;被耽搁的事例3.■【物理学】延迟4.■(电话讯息从接收到直播节目转播之间的)时间间隔装置5.■【美式橄榄球】(持球队员或准备接球队员的)停顿战术,延迟动作,假动作近义词retardslackenimpedehinder反义词hastenexpediteadmit of no delay刻不容缓,毫不迟延地,立刻Delays are dangerous.[谚语]拖延会误事,夜长梦多。without delay毫不拖延
delaydelay[diˈlei]vt.1.■延期, 延缓; 推迟We decided to delay our holiday until next month.我们决定将休假延至下个月。
词性变化delay[diˈlei]vi.1.■耽搁, 耽误It's getting late; don't delay.时间已晚, 别再耽误 了。delay[diˈlei]n.1.■延迟, 耽误, 耽搁
继承用法delay(ed)-actionadj.1.■延期[发]的; (雷管、炸弹等)定时的; 延迟动作的
词性变化delay[diˈlei]n.1.■延迟动作[作用]delay-linen.1.■延迟线delay-channeln.1.■延迟信道delay-timen.1.■延迟[滞后]时间delayableadj.delayinglyadv.
参考词汇delay;defer;postpone;put off;均含“推迟”、“延期”、“延缓”的意思。1.■delay 指“暂时阻挠或阻挡, 稍后可再继续进行”, 如:The steamer was delayed by bad weather.汽轮因天气不佳而延期。2.■defer指“决定延期至适当时期, 而且有意向将来一定继续作”, 如:Payment has been deferred until next week.付款已延期到下星期。3.■postpone是正式用语, 语义较强, 指“有意识地延至将来某一特定时间”, 在多数情况下, 后面说明改在何时进行, 如:The meeting has been postponed to Friday.会议推迟到星期五举行。4.■put off与postpone大致同义, 但较通俗口语化, 如:Let's put this off till some other time.我们还是把这搁一搁, 以后再说吧。