名词等候; （宫廷中的）侍奉; 侍女; 侍奉期间

形容词等待的; （尤指因迟到）让人等候; 服侍的; （用于告诉某人立刻行动）你还在等什么呢

动词等待; 等候( wait的现在分词 ); （尤指长期地）希望; 盼望

2. waiting的解释

叫出租车

A：Could you have a taxi waiting for me, please?
能否叫辆出租车等我？

B：No problem. Could you tell us your name and where you are?
没问题。请告诉我们您的姓名及所在位置？

Hotels-(酒店)

B：Can I help you?
我能为您效劳吗？

A：Yes, do you have any rooms available?
是的，你们还有房间吗？

B：A single?
单人间吗？

A：No. I need a double and three triples. My family is waiting for me in the car.
不是，我需要一个双人间和三个三人间。我家人在车里等我。

B：Please fill out this fomp3, sir.
请填一下这张表，先生。

A：Ok…Here you are.
好的。给你。

B：Here are your keys. Check out time is noon.
这是钥匙。退房时间是中午。

A：Is breakfast included?
包早餐吗？

B：No.
不包括在内。

Sorry, I'm Late-(对不起，我迟到了)

A：Well, you finally got here.
啊，你总算来了。

B：It's about time. I've been waiting in this restaurant a full thirty minutes.
你迟到了。我在这家饭店足足等了三十分钟。

A：Sorry, Jeannie. You know me. I'm always late.
对不起，珍妮。你是知道我的，我总是迟到。

B：Everybody knows, and every body's getting tired of it.
人人都知道，人人都对此感到讨厌。

A：All I can say is sorry. Maybe I'll reform, but don't count on it.
我所能说的只有抱歉。也许我会改正，不过别对我抱太大希望。

1. 爱情服务生：过去,一说到这个有着轮廓分明腹肌的喜剧演员,人们就会联想到像爱情服务生(waiting)和重拍版鬼哭神嚎(The Amityville Horror)等这种B级票价的影片.

2. 等候：A 词义辨析逻辑推理,Ed来(coming)了,他没有等候(waiting),也没有期盼(counting),而是领先(leading)了. 16. C 逻辑推理词义辨析,作者们没有弄虚作假(pretended),没有停止(stopped),无须作出什么决定(decided),后面提到分数已经到16了,

noun

1. the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)

e.g. the wait was an ordeal for him

Synonym: wait