delay: [13] English acquired delay from Old French delaier, a compound verb formed from the prefix de- ‘off’ and laier ‘leave’. This verb, which also crops up in English relay, appears to have been a variant of laissier (source of English lease), which came from Latin laxāre ‘slacken, undo’. This in turn was derived from the adjective laxus ‘loose’. => lax, lease, relay
delay (v.)
c. 1300, from Old French delaiier, from de- "away, from" (see de-) + laier "leave, let," probably a variant of Old French laissier, from Latin laxare "slacken, undo" (see lax). Related: Delayed; delaying.
delay (n.)
mid-13c., from Old French delaie, from delaiier (see delay (v.)).
雙語例句
1. How much delay should we build into the plan?
我們應該為這個計劃預留多少富余的時間？
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2. The time delay would be smaller by eight orders of magnitude.
如果按8個數量級來看，延時量會顯得小一些。
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3. He hates delay and procrastination in all its forms.
他討厭任何形式的拖延和耽擱。
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4. A host of problems may delay the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
可能推遲英吉利海峽隧道開通的問題一大筐。
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5. The laws led to confusion, muddle and years of delay.