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单词 bide
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(baɪd)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense bides, present participle biding, past tense, past participle bided
See bide sb's time

bide in British English

(baɪd)
verbWord forms: bides, biding, bided, bode or bided
1. (intransitive) archaic or dialect
to continue in a certain place or state; stay
2. (intransitive) archaic or dialect
to live; dwell
3. (transitive) archaic or dialect
to tolerate; endure
4.  bide a wee
5.  bide by
6.  bide one's time
Also spelt: (Scot) byde
Word origin
Old English bīdan; related to Old Norse bītha to wait, Gothic beidan, Old High German bītan

bide in American English

(baɪd)
verb intransitiveWord forms: bode or ˈbided, ˈbided, ˈbiding Chiefly Dialectal
1. 
to stay; continue
2. 
to dwell; reside
3. 
to wait
verb transitive
4.  Chiefly Dialectal
to endure or tolerate
Idioms:
bide one's time
Word origin
ME biden < OE bidan, to stay, wait < IE base *bheidh- (see bid1), prob. in sense “compel oneself,” hence, delay

Examples of 'bide' in a sentence
bide

They have learnt to bide their time in the service of higher goals.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
She has sensibly decided to bide her time.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Lansdowne is also biding its time.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I will bide my time and get him back.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They are prepared, moreover, to bide their time.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You just got to bide your time.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Now he just has to bide his time and show the whole world what he can do.
The Sun (2009)
He may just have to bide his time and hope nature will take its course.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The sheikh wanted to bide his time.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He has earned the right to bide his time.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I just had to bide my time.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Playing as the monster, you must bide your time and grow in power until you are ready to take down the hunters.
The Sun (2015)
We would certainly ask for a referendum on PR but we might have to bide our time.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
France were happy to simply bide their time and wait for their opportunities, slicing their rivals apart with a death by a thousand cuts.
The Sun (2016)
Well, well, we must bide our time.
Thomas Hughes Tom Brown's Schooldays (1857)
I'm just going to have to bide my time and wait for my chance to get back in the team.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
So I must bide my time.
The Sun (2007)
She hasn't backed off since you asked her for dinner, so just bide your time and wait for the moment to follow it up.
The Sun (2013)
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