| 单词 | while-you-wait |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhile-you-wait while-you-wait adj. and adv. originally U.S. designating a service that is performed immediately (as opposed to one for which the customer must leave his property and collect it later); also figurative; also absol. as n., an establishment providing such a service; frequently (in advertisements) spelt while-u-wait. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [noun] > a while-you-wait establishment while-you-wait1929 the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adjective] > while-you-wait while-you-wait1929 the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb] > while-you-wait while-you-wait1929 society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > other retail establishments parlour1863 self-serve1918 while-you-wait1929 self-service1944 society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [adjective] > immediate (of services) self-service1918 while-you-wait1929 society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [adverb] > immediately (of services) while-you-wait1929 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > simplifying, popularization > [adjective] > generally intelligible popular1573 exoterical1637 vulgar1643 exoteric1656 simplified1772 popularized1839 while-you-wait1929 pop1956 1929 Amer. Speech 5 24 Those who are selling ‘service’ are fond of using expressions of this sort:..Shine While U Wait, Hats Cleaned While U Wait, [etc.]. 1936 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. (ed. 4) 209 Q-room.., While-U-wait, and Bar-B-Q.., all of them familiar signs. 1965 H. Gold Man who was not with It (new ed.) xxix. 271 We were at a low office block.., shoe repair and while-you-wait. 1972 Times 9 Aug. 12/7 (caption) A while-you-wait parts replacement service. 1972 Guardian 11 July 10/6 The..catalogue essay..is a masterpiece of myth-making, art history while-u-wait. 1977 Evening Gaz. (Middlesbrough) 11 Jan. 13/2 (advt.) M.O.T. test while-u-wait. < as lemmas |
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