英语词汇“delay”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

delay

释义

verb | noun

delaydelay1 /dɪˈleɪ/ ●●○ W2 verb (delays, delayed, delaying)

VERB TABLE

delay

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	delay
	he, she, it	delays
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	delayed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have delayed
	he, she, it	has delayed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had delayed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will delay
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have delayed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am delaying
	he, she, it	is delaying
	you, we, they	are delaying
Past	I, he, she, it	was delaying
	you, we, they	were delaying
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been delaying
	he, she, it	has been delaying
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been delaying
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be delaying
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been delaying

COLLOCATIONS► delay ... until

The manager wanted to delay the bad news until after Christmas.

THESAURUS to wait until a later time to do something► delay

to wait until a later time to do something: We cannot delay any longer. The manager wanted to delay the bad news until after Christmas.

► postpone

to change an event to a later time or date: The meeting was postponed until next week.

► put off

to delay doing something, especially because you do not want to do it: Regular checkups are important – don’t put off visits to the dentist!

► procrastinate

to delay doing something that you ought to do: A lot of people procrastinate when it comes to doing paperwork.

► defer

formal to delay something until a later date: Ruth decided to defer college and travel for a year.

► reschedule

to set a new time or date for an event, because there were problems with the original time: We had to reschedule the company picnic for next weekend because of rain.

► table

to officially decide to leave an idea, a bill, etc. to be discussed or dealt with in the future: I think we should table the proposal until we can find out more about the possible problems.

1[intransitive, transitive] to wait until a later time to do something: We cannot delay any longer. The manager wanted to delay the bad news until after Christmas.delay doing something He delayed signing the contract for months.THESAURUSpostpone – to change an event to a later time or date: The meeting was postponed until next week.put off – to delay doing something, especially because you do not want to do it: Regular checkups are important – don’t put off visits to the dentist!procrastinate – to delay doing something that you ought to do: A lot of people procrastinate when it comes to doing paperwork.defer formal – to delay something until a later date: Ruth decided to defer college and travel for a year.reschedule – to set a new time or date for an event, because there were problems with the original time: We had to reschedule the company picnic for next weekend because of rain.table – to officially decide to leave an idea, a bill, etc. to be discussed or dealt with in the future: I think we should table the proposal until we can find out more about the possible problems.2[transitive often passive] to make someone or something late: Our flight was slightly delayed by bad weather.—delayed adjective► see thesaurus at late1

verb | noun

delaydelay2 ●●○ noun (plural delays)

ETYMOLOGYdelay²

Origin: 1200-1300 Old French delaier, from laier to leave

COLLOCATIONS► severe delays

There are severe delays on Highway 101 this morning.

► long/short delay

The storm has caused long delays at some airports.

► be subject to delay

The reports will be subject to delay (=be likely to be delayed).

► without delay

We had to get him to the hospital without delay (=immediately).

1[countable] a situation in which someone or something is made to wait, or the length of the waiting time: We asked the court for a delay to continue preparing our defense.delay of Flight delays of two hours or more are common.a delay in doing something There was some delay in asking for help. There are severe delays on Highway 101 this morning.long/short delay The storm has caused long delays at some airports. The reports will be subject to delay (=be likely to be delayed).2[uncountable] failure to do something quickly: We had to get him to the hospital without delay (=immediately).3[countable] the time between an event and its result or between one event and the next: delay between the delay between braking and coming to a stop [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French delaier, from laier to leave]

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