中文词源
bide 等待
来自 bid, 命令，吩咐。等待的，听候差遣的。
英文词源
- bide
- bide: [OE] Bide appears to be related ultimately to Old English bēodan, partial source of modern English bid, but exactly how is not clear. It comes from a lengthened version of the same stem, producing a hypothetical Germanic *bīthan, and to all outward appearances is connected with such non-Germanic forms as Latin fīdere and Greek peithésthai; but as these mean ‘believe, trust’, it is not easy to reconstruct a semantic connection with bide ‘remain’. Bide itself is now little used, except in ‘bide one’s time’, but the derived abide [OE] remains current, especially in the sense ‘endure’, as does the noun formed from it, abode [13].
=> abide, abode, bid - bide (v.)
- Old English bidan "to stay, continue, live, remain," also "to trust, rely," from Proto-Germanic *bidan "to await" (cognates: Old Norse biða, Old Saxon bidan, Old Frisian bidia, Middle Dutch biden, Old High German bitan, Gothic beidan "to wait"), which is of uncertain origin. Possibly from PIE *bheidh- "to trust" (via notion of "to await trustingly"). Preserved in Scotland and northern England, replaced elsewhere by abide in all senses except to bide one's time. Related: Bided; biding.
实用例句
- 1. We'll have to bide our time until the rain stops.
- 我们必须等到雨停.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Bide here for a while.
- 请在这儿等一会儿.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Bide yet a little.
- 请再等一会儿.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. Bide still until you feel better.
- 安静一会儿直到你觉得好一些.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. He was content to bide his time patiently, waiting for the opportunity to approach her.
- 他乐于耐心等待接近她的良机。
来自柯林斯例句