wait in

英 [weɪt ɪn]

美 [weɪt ɪn]

在家等候

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 在家等候
  If youwait in, you deliberately stay at home and do not go out, for example because someone is coming to see you.
  1. If I'd waited in for you I could have waited all day...
     要是我真留在家等你，那早都等上一整天了。
  2. There's no need to wait in all day.
     没必要一整天在家等着。

双语例句

• The two of you can wait in the parlor.
  你们俩可以到客厅等。
• You seem busy, I'll wait in the cell.
  你好像很忙，我会在牢房里等着的。
• For after I had found their haunts a little, I laid wait in this manner for them.
  我首先发现了山羊经常出没之地，就采用打埋伏的办法来获取我的猎物。
• I have to wait in for a delivery this morning.
  今天早上我必须在家等着人来送货。
• I'll wait in his study until he comes down.
  我会在书房等到他下来为止。
• I have to wait in for the repair man.
  我只得在家里等修理工。
• Again I had to wait in the waiting room.
  又一次在候诊室等待；
• We athletes had to wait in the green room before the show began.
  我们运动员在一个绿色的房间里面等着节目的开始。
• He said I should wait in his office.
  他叫我在他办公室里等着。
• I thought it was hopeless to wait in the line because the line of people was endless.
  我原以为排队是没有希望了，因为排队的人海了。