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

• She had told her maid not to wait up for her.
  她告诉过女仆不要熬夜等她。
• There's not much difference. I used to wait up half the night for George to go, and now I wait up half the night for him to come home.
  “没有太大的区别，过去我总是熬到半夜等乔治离开，现在我总要熬到半夜等他回家”。
• Do not wait up for me: I shall be coming home very late.
  不用等我，我要很晚才回家。
• Wait up, I shan't be tong.
  等我一下，不会很久。
• Don't wait up.
  不要熬夜等着。
• 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。
• Don't wait up for me-i've got my key.
  别等我来再睡觉&我有钥匙。
• She said that you shouldn't bother to wait up for her.
  她说你不必费心熬夜等她。
• I'll be very late tonight, so don't wait up for me.
  今晚我要很晚才回来，所以不要为我等门了。
• Mama's gonna wait up until you get in.
  妈妈你想他们会喜欢这收歌吗？