詞語:delay
delay是什麼意思
簡明英漢詞典
delay
[di5lei]
v.
耽擱, 延遲, 延期, 遲滯
n.
耽擱, 延遲, 遲滯
美國傳統詞典[雙解]
delay
de.lay
AHD:[d1-l3「]
D.J.[di6lei]
K.K.[d!6le]
v.(動詞)
de.layed, de.lay.ing, de.lays
v.tr.(及物動詞)
(1)To postpone until a later time; defer.
延期;推遲
(2)To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired:
使…延遲:使…比期望的要遲一些或慢一些:
Heavy traffic delayed us.
交通堵塞使我們遲到了
v.intr.(不及物動詞)
To act or move slowly; put off an action or a decision.
延緩,延期:行動慢;推遲一個行動或一項決定
n.(名詞)
(1)The act of delaying; postponement:
拖延,延期:推遲的行為;延遲:
responded without delay.
即刻回信
(2)The condition of being delayed; detainment.
耽誤:耽擱的狀態;耽誤
(3)The period of time during which one is delayed.
耽擱的時間
(4)The interval of time between two events.
間隔的時間:兩件事之間間隔的時間
語源
(1)Middle English delaien
中古英語 delaien
(2)from Anglo-Norman delaier
源自 英法語 delaier
(3)from Old French deslaier
源自 古法語 deslaier
(4)des- [de-]
des- [前綴,表「取消」]
(5)laier [to leave]
laier [離開]
(6)[of Germanic origin] * see leip-
[日耳曼語詞源] *參見 leip-
繼承用法
delay「er
n.(名詞)
參考詞彙
(1)delay, slow, retard, detain
(2)These verbs mean to cause to be later or slower than expected or desired. To
這些動詞表示比所期待的要遲一些或慢一些的意思。
(3)delay is to cause to be behind schedule:
Delay 是使落後於進度表:
The bus was delayed by a cloudburst.
由於大暴雨,公共汽車來遲了。
(4)Slow implies a decrease in speed, often deliberate:
Slow 含有速度有意減慢的意思:
A sprained ankle slowed my pace.
扭傷了的腳踝骨使我的步伐減慢。
The driver slowed the car before coming to a full stop. To
司機在車完全停下來之前先減慢車速。
(5)retard is to slow and delay or impede progress, action, or accomplishment:
Retard 指減慢並延遲,阻礙進步、行動或成就:
「the increasing hatred, which retarded the execution of his great designs」 (Edward Gibbon).
「逐漸增長的仇恨,推遲了他的偉大計劃的執行」 (愛德華·吉本)。
(6)Detain stresses being held back and prevented from proceeding:
Detain 強調在前進過程中受到阻止:
She was detained by an unexpected visitor.
她因有人臨時來訪而被耽擱了
現代英漢詞典
delay
[dI5leI]
vt., vi.
delayed, delaying
(1)推遲;延緩
(2)耽擱
The letter was delayed three days by the train accident.
這次火車事故使這封信耽擱了三天。
(3)拖延
詞性變化
delay
n.
(1)延緩;遲延
(2)耽誤;阻塞;拖延
After a delay of one hour, we continued our journey.
耽擱一小時後,我們又繼續旅行。
現代英漢綜合大辭典
delay
[di5lei]
vt.
延期, 延緩; 推遲
We decided to delay our holiday until next month.
我們決定將休假延至下個月。
詞性變化
delay
[di5lei]
vi.
耽擱, 耽誤
It's getting late; don't delay.
時間已晚, 別再耽誤 了。
delay
[di5lei]
n.
延遲, 耽誤, 耽擱
繼承用法
delay(ed)-action
adj.
延期[發]的; (雷管、炸彈等)定時的; 延遲動作的
詞性變化
delay
[di5lei]
n.
延遲動作[作用]
delay-line
n.
延遲線
delay-channel
n.
延遲信道
delay-time
n.
延遲[滯後]時間
delayable
adj.
delayingly
adv.
習慣用語
admit of no delay
刻不容緩
without delay
趕快, 立刻
特殊用法
acoustic delay
聲延遲
adjustable delay
可調延遲時刻, 可調滯後
altitude delay
高度延遲
analogue delay
模擬延遲
aperture delay
孔徑延遲
automatic video delay
自動視頻信號延遲(線)
base-line delay
基線時間延遲
beacon delay
信標延遲; 回答延遲
blanking delay
消隱延遲
burst-flag delay
色同步選通脈衝延遲
carry delay
進位延遲
carry propagation delay
運行傳播延遲
chrominance delay
色度延遲
coarse delay
粗延遲, 近似延遲
code delay
電碼積壓
coding delay
編碼(脈衝)時延
corrective delay
校正延遲
cut-in delay
接入延遲
cut-out delay
切除延遲
cycle delay
週期延遲
data delay
數據延遲
definite time delay
定時滯後
differential delay
微分(差分)延遲
digits delay
數位延遲
electromechanical delay
電-機械延時器
envelope delay
群時延, 包絡(線)時延
expected delay
期望延遲
exponential time delay
指數特性時間延遲
external delay
外部延遲
fall delay
下降延遲
fine delay
【航空、航海】微小延遲
firing delay
點[著]火延遲
fixed delay
固定延遲(時延)
fixed-time delay
定時延遲
horizontal delay
行延遲線
ignition delay
著火遲後(期), 滯燃期
inherent delay
固有延遲
insertion delay
插入延遲
intentional delay of the game
故意拖延比賽(時間)
interrogation suppressed time delay
詢問抑制時間延遲
interrogator delay
詢問器延遲
ionization delay
電離延遲
long ignition delay
著火延遲
luminance delay
亮度延遲
magnetostrictive delay
磁致伸縮延遲
make delay
閉合時間, 閉合延遲時間
multipath delay
重複信號延遲, 多徑延遲
mutational delay
突變延遲
operating delays
操作延誤
pause delay
暫停延遲, 暫停延時
period delay
延期裝置
permanent delay
固定時延, 永久延遲
phantastron delay
幻象電路延遲
propagation delay
傳播延遲
pulse fall delay
脈衝下降[上升]延遲
pulse rise delay
脈衝下降[上升]延遲
quench(ing) delay
淬火延遲
range delay
距離延遲
restitution delay
復原延遲
rotational delay
旋轉延遲
saturation delay
飽和延遲
sequential time delay
連續時延
static time delay
靜時延
step delay
分級延遲, 步進延遲
storage delay
存儲延遲
sweep delay
掃瞄(起點的)延遲
terminal delay
終點遲滯
time delays
時間延誤
total delay
總延遲, 系統固有延遲
trailing edge delay
(脈衝)後沿延遲
transient delay
瞬變延遲, 暫態延遲
transponder suppressed time delay
發射機應答器的抑制時間延遲
transport delay
遷移延遲
trigger delay
觸發延遲
trigger-gate delay
觸發選通脈衝延遲, 觸發門脈衝延遲
turn-off delay
斷開[通導]延遲
turn-on delay
斷開[通導]延遲
unreasonable delay
無理的拖延
delay in payment
延期付款
delay of firing
發火延遲
參考詞彙
delay defer postpone put off
均含「推遲」、「延期」、「延緩」的意思。
(1)delay 指「暫時阻撓或阻擋, 稍後可再繼續進行」, 如:
The steamer was delayed by bad weather.
汽輪因天氣不佳而延期。
(2)defer指「決定延期至適當時期, 而且有意向將來一定繼續作」, 如:
Payment has been deferred until next week.
付款已延期到下星期。
(3)postpone是正式用語, 語義較強, 指「有意識地延至將來某一特定時間」, 在多數情況下, 後面說明改在何時進行, 如:
The meeting has been postponed to Friday.
會議推遲到星期五舉行。
(4)put off與postpone大致同義, 但較通俗口語化, 如:
Let's put this off till some other time.
我們還是把這擱一擱, 以後再說吧。
用法詞典
delay
來自古法語delaier
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