Alice sits quietly on a stone garden bench with hands folded in her lap, watching an empty gate

wait

v. /weɪt/ A1

等待；等候

To stay in one place until something happens.

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So she stood still where she was, and waited.

于是她站在原地一动不动，等着。

原著这一句

First, however, she waited for a few minutes to see if she was going to shrink any further: she felt a little nervous about this; “for it might end, you know,” said Alice to herself, “in my going out altogether, like a candle.

不过，她首先等了几分钟，看看自己是否还会继续变小：对此她感到有点紧张；“因为你知道的，”爱丽丝自言自语道，“这最终可能会让我像蜡烛一样彻底熄灭呢。”

卡罗尔原著 · 第 1 章

在应用中学习 wait