wait up

英 [weɪt ʌp]

美 [weɪt ʌp]

等着不睡; 熬夜等待; （尤指）等待夜归的人; 走慢点; 等一等

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 等着不睡;熬夜等待；（尤指）等待夜归的人
  If youwait up, you deliberately do not go to bed, especially because you are expecting someone to return home late at night.
  1. I hope he doesn't expect you to wait up for him...
     我希望他没指望你熬夜等他。
  2. Don't wait up.
     不要熬夜等着。
• PHRASAL VERB 走慢点;等一等
  If you ask someone towait up, you are asking them to go more slowly or to stop and wait for you.
  1. I was running down the hill shouting, 'Michael, Michael, man, wait up'.
     我边往山下跑边喊：“迈克尔，迈克尔，嘿，等等我。”

双语例句

• I will probably come home after midnight, so don't bother to wait up.
  我可能午夜过后回家，别等着我。
• I was running down the hill shouting, 'Michael, Michael, man, wait up'.
  我边往山下跑边喊：“迈克尔，迈克尔，嘿，等等我。”
• A group called the National Foundation for American Policy says a highly skilled Indian worker could have to wait up to seventy years.
  一个被称为美国政策国家基金会的组织称，一名高熟练度的印度工人可能需要等待长达70年之久。
• Hey, Zhao feng, wait up! I just got this new stamp from brussels.
  喂，赵锋，等等，我刚刚得到一张布鲁塞尔的邮票。
• Didn't you wait up for her?
  你不曾等过她吗？
• Hey wait up, want some whisky with ice?
  嗨！等一下，要不要再来杯威士忌加冰？
• Don't wait up for me-i've got my key.
  别等我来再睡觉&我有钥匙。
• She had told her maid not to wait up for her.
  她告诉过女仆不要熬夜等她。
• Don't wait up.
  不要熬夜等着。
• We won't arrive home until late, so don't wait up for us.
  我们很晚才能回家，所以不要熬夜等我们。