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whilewhileD.J.:[hwail]K.K.:[hwaɪl, waɪl]conj.1.■在…期间, 当…的时候; 与…同时While in prison, he wrote his first novel.他在狱中写出了第一部小说。2.■虽然, 尽管3.■而, 然而n.1.■(一段)时间vt.1.■消磨, 打发(时间)

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while[hwail]n.1.■一段时间，时间conj.1.■当…的时候：We waited while he dined.他在吃饭，我们等他。2.■和…同时：While you are up, close the door.你要是起来就把门关上。3.■4.■虽然，尽管：While he was not poor, he had no ready cash.他虽然不穷，却无现金。5.■而，然而：The walls are green, while the ceiling is white.墙是绿色的，而天花板是白色的。6.■[方言]直至；到…为止prep.1.■[古语]到…时候为止；直至vt.1.■消磨(时间)；(愉快而懒散地)度过(时间)(常与 away 连用)：to while away the afternoon消磨了一下午的时间after a while等一会儿，不久 [亦作 in a while]a good (或 great, long) while许久，很久a little while不久，一会儿all the while(在某一段时间内)一直，始终all this (long) while这阵子，有好久at whiles有时；不时，间或a while ago刚才，方才a while back不久前，几周(或几月)前between whiles有时，时常；间或for a while (或 season)暂时，一会儿make it worth someone's while[口语]贿赂某人，酬谢某人once in a while ([美国口语] once and a while)见 oncequite a while相当长的(一段)时间the while其实，当时；(与此)同时while you are about it在你做那个的同时顺便worth(one's)while值得一干；值得花费时间(或精力)变形vt.whiledwhiling

whilewhile[(h)wail]n.1.■时间; 一段时间, 一会儿Wait a while.等一会儿。It took a long while to do the work.做这个工作花了许多时间。What have you been doing all this while?这一阵子你一直在做什么?

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词性变化while[(h)wail]conj.1.■当...的时候, 和...同时; 只要2.■但是, 然而3.■虽然; 尽管half-turn while in hanging悬垂转体180°Write while I dictate.当我口述时请你记下。Some people like coffee, while others like teadj.1.■有些人喜欢咖啡, 而有些人喜欢茶。While he loves his students, he is very strict with them.虽然他爱他的学生, 可是他对他们很严格。prep.1.■[古]到...时候止, 直到...vt.1.■消磨, 闲混(时间)(away)