单词 | delay |
释义 | delay/dɪˈleɪ /verb [with object] 1Make (someone or something) late or slow: the train was delayed...
Synonyms detain, hold up, make late, retard, keep (back), slow up, slow down, set back, bog down; hinder, hamper, impede, obstruct 1.1 [no object] Be late or slow; loiter: time being of the essence, they delayed no longer...
Synonyms linger, dally, take one's time, drag one's feet, be slow, hold back, lag/fall behind, dawdle, loiter, not keep pace, waste time; procrastinate, stall, play for time, buy time, hang fire, mark time, temporize, hesitate, dither, shilly-shally; stonewall, filibuster informal dilly-dally, let the grass grow under one's feet archaic or literary tarry 1.2Postpone or defer (an action): he may decide to delay the next cut in interest rates...
Synonyms postpone, put off, defer, hold over, shelve, suspend, stay, hold in abeyance, pigeonhole; reschedule, adjourn; North American put over, table, lay on the table; North American Law continue informal put on ice, put on the back burner, put in cold storage rare remit, respite noun 1A period of time by which something is late or postponed: a two-hour delay long delays in obtaining passports...
Synonyms hold-up, wait, waiting period, detainment; hindrance, impediment, obstruction, setback; interval, gap, interlude postponement, deferral, deferment, putting off, stay, respite; rescheduling, adjournment; North American Law continuation rare put-off 1.1 [mass noun] The action of delaying or being delayed: I set off without delay...
Synonyms lingering, dallying, dawdling, loitering; procrastination, stalling, hesitation, dithering, shilly-shallying informal dilly-dallying archaic or literary tarrying rare cunctation 1.2 Electronics The time interval between the propagation of an electrical signal and its reception.Finally, the average period of the oscillator is related to the average signal propagation delay through the test circuit....
1.3An electronic device which introduces a delay, especially in an audio signal.The programmable delay cells provide that propagation delays can be set to perform timing margin tests. Derivativesdelayer
OriginMiddle English: from Old French delayer (verb). |
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