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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   delay

   • IPA[dəˈlā]

   美式

   • v.
     make (someone or something) late or slow；be late or slow; loiter
   • n.
     a period of time by which something is late or postponed；the action of delaying or being delayed

   • verb: delay, 3rd person present: delays, gerund or present participle: delaying, past tense: delayed, past participle: delayed

   • noun: delay, plural noun: delays

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. make (someone or something) late or slow the train was delayed 同義詞 detain, hold up, make late, retard, keep (back), ... 更多slow up, slow down, set back, bog down, hinder, hamper, impede, obstruct
   • ▪ be late or slow; loiter time being of the essence, they delayed no longer 同義詞 linger, dally, take one's time, drag one's feet, be slow, ... 更多hold back, lag/fall behind, dawdle, loiter, not keep pace, waste time, procrastinate, stall, play for time, buy time, hang fire, mark time, temporize, hesitate, dither, shilly-shally, stonewall, filibuster, informaldilly-dally, let the grass grow under one's feet, archaic, literarytarry反義詞 hurry
   • ▪ postpone or defer (an action) he may decide to delay the next cut in interest rates 同義詞 postpone, put off, defer, hold over, shelve, ... 更多suspend, stay, hold in abeyance, pigeonhole, reschedule, adjourn, put over, table, lay on the table, continue, informalput on ice, put on the back burner, put in cold storage, rareremit, respite反義詞 advance, bring forward

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a period of time by which something is late or postponed a two-hour delay long delays in obtaining passports 同義詞 holdup, wait, waiting period, detainment, hindrance, ... 更多impediment, obstruction, setback, interval, gap, interlude, postponement, deferral, deferment, putting off, stay, respite, rescheduling, adjournment, continuation, rareput-off
   • ▪ the action of delaying or being delayed I set off without delay 同義詞 lingering, dallying, dawdling, loitering, procrastination, ... 更多stalling, hesitation, dithering, shilly-shallying, informaldilly-dallying, archaic, literarytarrying, rarecunctation
   • ▪ the time interval between the propagation of an electrical signal and its reception.
   • ▪ an electronic device that introduces a time interval, especially in an audio signal.