wait for it

British EnglishBrE spoken

a) TELLused just before you tell someone something that is funny or surprising 听好了〔用于表示要说的话有趣或使人吃惊〕

His name was – wait for it – Mr Bacon.

他的名字叫——听好了——“培根”先生。

b) NOT DO somethingused to tell someone not to do something until the correct time because they seem very impatient to do it now 等等再说〔用于告诉某人要等时机合适再做某事〕

Examples from the Corpus

wait for it• However much he wanted the answer to his unasked question, he was going to have to wait for it.• The whole world was waiting for it.• All they had to do was sit back and wait for it all to fall apart.• We must, surely, eventually get to recovery, but we have been waiting for it for a long time.• His name was ... wait for it ... Mr Bacon.• They attacked life, they didn't sit quietly around waiting for it to flatten them.• Lynn and I both leaned forward over the pit waiting for it to start working.

→ wait for it at wait1(12)

单词	wait for it
释义	wait for it wait for it British EnglishBrE spoken a) TELLused just before you tell someone something that is funny or surprising 听好了〔用于表示要说的话有趣或使人吃惊〕 His name was – wait for it – Mr Bacon. 他的名字叫——听好了——“培根”先生。 b) NOT DO somethingused to tell someone not to do something until the correct time because they seem very impatient to do it now 等等再说〔用于告诉某人要等时机合适再做某事〕 Examples from the Corpus wait for it• However much he wanted the answer to his unasked question, he was going to have to wait for it.• The whole world was waiting for it.• All they had to do was sit back and wait for it all to fall apart.• We must, surely, eventually get to recovery, but we have been waiting for it for a long time.• His name was ... wait for it ... Mr Bacon.• They attacked life, they didn't sit quietly around waiting for it to flatten them.• Lynn and I both leaned forward over the pit waiting for it to start working. → wait for it at wait1(12)
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