delay

1.[c]延迟（或耽搁、拖延）的时间a period of time when sb/sth has to wait because of a problem that makes sth slow or late

2.[c][u]延期；耽搁；延误a situation in which sth does not happen when it should; the act of delaying

1.[i][t]延迟；延期；推迟to not do sth until a later time or to make sth happen at a later time

2.[t]~ sb使迟到；使耽搁；使拖延to make sb late or force them to do sth more slowly

1.延迟,拖延,耽搁

2.耽搁,耽误,迟误

1.延迟,拖延,耽搁,耽误

1.to do something later than is planned or expected

2.to make someone or something late or slow them down

3.to deliberately take a long time to do something

1.a situation in which something happens later or more slowly than you expected; a situation in which a plane, train, etc. leaves or arrives late

2.failure to do something quickly

3.the time between an event and its result or between one event and the next