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单词 await
释义 await
I. \əˈwāt, usu -ād.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English awaiten, from Old North French awaitier, from a- (from Latin ad-) + waitier to watch — more at wait
transitive verb
1. obsolete : to watch for especially with hostile intent : lie in wait for
 < your ill-meaning politician lords … appointed to await me thirty spies — John Milton >
2. : to wait for : stay for
 < you must await the sequel — Walter de la Mare >
 < had decided to await me in the mountains — D.L.Busk >
3. : to be in store for : be ready or in waiting for
 < a lavish Sunday dinner awaiting them — Ellen Glasgow >
intransitive verb
1. obsolete : to wait on someone : attend
 < on whom three hundred gold-capped youths await — Alexander Pope >
2. : to stay or be in waiting : wait
 < the people awaited outside the building >
3. : to be in store
 < marched … north to civilization where fame and forturne awaited — Tom Marvel >
Synonyms: see expect
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old North French, from awaitier
obsolete : a lying in wait or watching for with hostile intent : ambush
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