Delayname

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  A surname.

delaynoun詞源 1/dɪˈleɪ̯/

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  A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.

  • the delay before the echo of a sound
  • Two twenty minutes' delays.
• 2

  entertainmentlifestylemusicAn audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.

  • The 8-bit sound quality of many early delays did indeed leave a lot to be desired (compare this to the 16-bit digital technology of CDs)
• 3

  computingengineeringmathematicsSynonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”).

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  board-gameschessgamesAn amount of time provided on each move before one's clock starts to tick; a less common time control than increment.

delayverb詞源 1/dɪˈleɪ̯/

• 1

  To put off until a later time; to defer.

  • My lord delayeth his coming.
• 2

  To retard; to temporarily stop, detain, or hinder.

  • The mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.
  • Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.
• 3

  To wait, hesitate, tarry.

  • Don't delay; this special offer ends at midnight!
  • Don't delay Something tells me I gotta go away
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  obsoleteTo allay; to temper.

  • The watery showers delay the raging wind.

delayverb詞源 2

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  obsoleteTo dilute, temper.

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  obsoleteTo assuage, quench, allay.

  • Those dreadfull flames she also found delayd / And quenched quite like a consumed torch […].