after a while

简明英汉词典

after a while

不久, 过一会儿

现代英汉综合大辞典

while

[(h)wail]

n.

时间; 一段时间, 一会儿

Wait a while.

等一会儿。

It took a long while to do the work.

做这个工作花了许多时间。

What have you been doing all this while?

这一阵子你一直在做什么?

词性变化

while

[(h)wail]

conj.

(1)当...的时候, 和...同时; 只要

(2)但是, 然而

(3)虽然; 尽管

half-turn while in hanging

悬垂转体180°

Write while I dictate.

当我口述时请你记下。

Some people like coffee, while others like te

adj.

有些人喜欢咖啡, 而有些人喜欢茶。

While he loves his students, he is very strict with them.

虽然他爱他的学生, 可是他对他们很严格。

prep.

[古]到...时候止, 直到...

vt.

消磨, 闲混(时间)(away)

习惯用语

a good [long, great] while

长[许]久

a little while

不久, 一会儿

a while ago

方才, 刚才

after a while

不久, 过一会儿

all the while

始终, 一直

at whiles

有时, 时常

between whiles

间或, 时或

every little while (=at whiles)

有时, 时常

for a [one] while

暂时

in a little while

不久, 没一会儿

make it worth sb.'s while

酬谢某人, 贿赂某人

the while [whilst]

(与此)同时, 在此期间

while you are about it

[口]顺便, 在你做这个的同时

worth (one's) while

值得的; 值得花费时间, 值得一干; 有益的

英汉航海大词典

after a while

prep.过一会儿,过了一会儿

英汉化学大词典

after a while

adv.过一回儿,不久