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wait
/weɪt/
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- past
- waited
- third person
- waits
- past participle
- waited
- present participle
- waiting
1 · verb
To stay until someone arrives or something happens.
留在某处直到人到来或事情发生。
Use wait for someone; other senses of 等 are separate.
Please wait for me at the gate.
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请在门口等我。
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