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单词 wait-a-bit
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Definition of wait-a-bit in English:

wait-a-bit

(also wait-a-bit thorn)
nounˈweɪtəbɪtˈwādəbit
South African
  • An African bush with hooked thorns that catch the clothing, in particular an acacia.

    〈主南非〉有钩刺的非洲灌木(尤指金合欢)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Giraffes are also missing from the crater as they favour the umbrella acacia and wait-a-bit thorn trees found higher up.
    • The steeply rising, boulder-strewn slope is covered with different species of trees than those you have been seeing, and in March the white flowers of the wait-a-bit thorn decorate the slopes.
    • Acacia thorns, ‘cat claws’ of the wait-a-bit thorn tree, rip skin and clothing.
    • Minutes before, Speck had been at the head of the small pack, howling after a large male lion through the wait-a-bit thorn that rings South Africa's corner of the Kalahari Desert.
    • About the third day he began to suffer from chill and fever, and the wait-a-bit thorns and prickly-pear scrub began to dance before his eyes.

Origin

Translating Afrikaans wag-'n-bietjie.

Definition of wait-a-bit in US English:

wait-a-bit

(also wait-a-bit thorn)
nounˈwādəbit
South African
  • An African bush with hooked thorns that catch the clothing, in particular an acacia.

    〈主南非〉有钩刺的非洲灌木(尤指金合欢)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Minutes before, Speck had been at the head of the small pack, howling after a large male lion through the wait-a-bit thorn that rings South Africa's corner of the Kalahari Desert.
    • About the third day he began to suffer from chill and fever, and the wait-a-bit thorns and prickly-pear scrub began to dance before his eyes.
    • Acacia thorns, ‘cat claws’ of the wait-a-bit thorn tree, rip skin and clothing.
    • The steeply rising, boulder-strewn slope is covered with different species of trees than those you have been seeing, and in March the white flowers of the wait-a-bit thorn decorate the slopes.
    • Giraffes are also missing from the crater as they favour the umbrella acacia and wait-a-bit thorn trees found higher up.

Origin

Translating Afrikaans wag-'n-bietjie.

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