while是什么意思_while怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition;"he was here for a little while"
"I need to rest for a piece"
"a spell of good weather"
"a patch of bad weather"

中英词源

while 在期间

来自古英语hwil,一段时间，来自PIE*kweie,休息，安静，词源同quiet,quit.

while: while: [OE] While comes via prehistoric Germanic *khwīlō from the Indo-European base *qwi-. This denoted ‘rest’, and its meaning was carried through into Latin quiēs (source of English quiet) and tranquillus (source of English tranquil) and Swedish hvila and Danish hvile ‘repose, refreshment’. In English, however, and the other Germanic languages (German weile and Dutch wijl), the notion of ‘rest’ has passed, presumably via ‘period of rest’, to ‘period of time’. English while was first used as a conjunction in the 12th century.
=> quiet, tranquil
while (n.): Old English hwile, accusative of hwil "a space of time," from Proto-Germanic *hwilo (cognates: Old Saxon hwil, Old Frisian hwile, Old High German hwila, German Weile, Gothic hveila "space of time, while"), originally "rest" (compare Old Norse hvila "bed," hvild "rest"), from PIE *kwi-lo-, suffixed form of root *kweie- (2) "to rest" (cognates: Avestan shaitish "joy," Old Persian šiyatish "joy," Latin quies "rest, repose, quiet," Old Church Slavonic po-koji "rest"). Notion of "period of rest" became in Germanic "period of time."

Now largely superseded by time except in formulaic constructions (such as all the while). Middle English sense of "short space of time spent in doing something" now only preserved in worthwhile and phrases such as worth (one"s) while. As a conjunction, "during or in the time that; as long as" (late Old English), it represents Old English þa hwile þe, literally "the while that." Form whiles is recorded from early 13c.; whilst is from late 14c., with excrescent -st as in amongst, amidst. Service while-you-wait is attested from 1911.
while (v.): "to cause (time) to pass (without dullness)," 1630s, earlier "to occupy or engage (someone or something) for a period of time" (c. 1600), new formation from while (n.), not considered to be from Middle English hwulen "to have leisure," which is from a Germanic verb form of while (n.) (compare German weilen "to stay, linger"). An association with phrases such as Shakespearean beguile the day, Latin diem decipere, French tromper le temps "has led to the substitution of WILE v by some modern writers" [OED] (see wile (v.)).

词态变化

复数 whiles;

权威造句

1. Mommy, you don"t need to stay while we talk.: 妈妈,我们谈话时你不必陪着.

2. It took her a while to get acclimatized to her new surroundings.: 她花了一段时间才适应了新的环境。

3. Jim Coulters will mind the store while I"m away.: 我不在的时候吉姆·库尔特斯会照看店铺的。

4. I"ll make the tea and you pop off for a while.: 我来备茶，你去歇一会儿吧。

5. Will you lend me your jacket for a little while?: 你能把上衣借给我穿一会儿吗？

近反义词

while the going is good 乘情况有利时...

all the while 一直

while away the time 消磨时光

make hay while the sun shines <谚>趁晴晒草...

the while 同时(在那期间)...

once in a while 偶尔

after a while 过一回儿

a good while 长久

go while the going"s good 及时离开

all this while 这一阵子

going 去

Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁。

driving while intoxicated 酒后驾驶

for a while 暂时

a long while 长久(好久)

a little while 一会儿

worth while 值得的

swap horses while crossing crossing a stream 在渡河中途换马...

every once in a while 间或

pay the piper while others call the tune 一人担负费用...

相似短语

the while 当时,同时;一面…一面…

at while 有时,不时

all the while adv.一直,始终

worth while v.值得

while loop 【计】当型循环

for a while ad.1.暂时

in a while 马上,不久,不一会儿

Do while 【计】循环当语句

while schema 当型模式

while away 虚度,蹉跎

单词分析

这些连词或副词均含“但是，可是，然而，而”之意。
but口语常用词，语气较强，泛指与前述情况相反。
however表转折关系，语气稍弱于but，连接性也弱一些，因而常作插入语。
still语气强，多用于肯定句或疑问句。指尽管作出让步，采取措施或表示反对，但情况仍然如故，无所改变。
yet常用于否定句，语气比still稍强。指不管作出多大努力或让步，仍达不到预期的结果。
nevertheless指尽管作出完全让步，也不会发生任何影响。
while表对比，一般可与whereas换用，但程度弱一些。
whereas表对比，一般可与while互换。这些连词均可表示“当……时”引出时间从句。
when所引导的从句，其谓语动词既可是持续动词，也可是短暂动词；谓语动词动作发生的时间可以与主句谓语动词的动作是同时，或之前、之后。
while句中的谓语动词应为持续动词，不用短暂动词，谓语动作发生的时间通常与主句谓语动词动作发生时间是同时。
as侧重指从句与主句的动作同时进行，谓语动词可以是持续性的，可以是短暂性动词。

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