while
音标发音
- 英式音标 [wʌɪl]
- 美式音标 [hwaɪl, waɪl]
- 国际音标 [hwail]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- conj. 在……期间;在……的过程中;与……同时;(对比两件事物)……而;虽然,尽管;直到……为止
- n. 一段时间;(诗、文)在此期间
- adv. 在……时候
- v. 消磨(时间)
- prep. 直到
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的hwile,意为一段时间;最初源自原始日耳曼语的khwilo。
用法辨析
- while用作连词时,表示“在…(过程)中,在…期间”。常用来引导时间状语从句,当主句的主语和while所引导的从句的主语一致时, while从句中的主语、谓语往往可以省去。
- while还可引导让步状语从句,意思是“虽然,尽管”,含有对比意味。
- while表示对比关系时,意思是“而,然而”。
conj. (连词)
英汉例句
- You don't want to marry while you are studying.
在学习期间,你不要结婚。 - I haven't seen him for a long while.
我好久没看见他了。
用作连词 (conj.)
用作名词 (n.)
词组短语
- Short while 不一会
- DO WHILE 循环;循环语句;条件循环
- While they 今朝有酒今朝醉
- While doing 正在做某事;是一个省略形式;两者同时发生
- quick while 同时快速;快速而
短语
英英字典
- (DURING) during the time that, or at the same time as
- (ALTHOUGH) despite the fact that; although
- (BUT) compared with the fact that; but
- a length of time
- BRIT also whilst
- If something happens while something else happens, the first thing happens at some point during the time that the second thing is happening.
- You use while at the beginning of a clause to introduce information that contrasts with information in the main clause.
- You use while, before making a statement, in order to introduce information that partly conflicts with your statement.
- A while is a period of time.
- You use all the while in order to say that something happens continually or that it happens throughout the time when something else is happening.
- once in a while&rarrsee once
- worth your while&rarrsee worth
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