English-Thai Dictionary
delay
N ความ ชักช้า ความ ยืดยาด การ หน่วงเหนี่ยว การ เถลไถล การ เสียเวลา deferral pause postponement abeyance kwam= chak-cha
delay
VI ล่าช้า หยุดยั้ง ยืดเวลา เลื่อนเวลา ถ่วงเวลา defer hinder postpone hasten hurry la-cha
delay
VT ทำให้ ล่าช้า ทำให้ ช้า ทำให้ หยุดยั้ง ทำให้ เสียเวลา เลื่อน defer hinder postpone hasten hurry tam-hai-la-cha
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DELAY
v.t. 1. To prolong the time of acting, or proceeding; to put off; to defer.
My lord delayeth his coming. Matthew 24:48.
2. To retard; to stop, detain or hinder for a time; to restrain motion, or render it slow; as, the mail is delated by bad roads.
Thyrsis, whose artful strains have oft delayed
The huddling brook to hear his madrigal.
3. To allay.
DELAY
v.i.To linger; to move slow; or to stop for a time. There are certain bounds to the quickness and slowness of the succession of ideas, beyond which they can neither delay nor hasten.
DELAY
n. 1. A lingering; stay; stop.
2. A putting off or deferring; procrastination; as, the delay of trial is not to be imputed to the plaintiff.
3. Hinderance for a time.
DELAYED
pp. Deferred; detained; hindered for a time; retarded.
DELAYER
n.One who defers; one who lingers.
DELAYING
ppr. Putting off; deferring; procrastinating; retarding; detaining.
DELAYMENT
n.Hinderance.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DELAY
De *lay ", n.; pl. Delays. Etym: [F. délai, fr. OF. deleer to delay, or fr. L. dilatum, which, though really from a different root, is used in Latin only as a p. p. neut. of differre to carry apart, defer, delay. See Tolerate, and cf. Differ, Delay, v.]
Defn: A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance. Without any delay, on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat. Acts xxv. 17.The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day. Macaulay.
DELAY
De *lay ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Delaying. ]Etym: [OF. deleer, delaier, fr. the noun délai, or directly fr. L. dilatare to enlarge, dilate, in LL. , to put off. See Delay, n., and cf. Delate, 1st Defer, Dilate. ]
1. To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before. My lord delayeth his coming. Matt. xxiv. 48.
2. To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow. Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayed The huddling brook to hear his madrigal. Milton.
3. To allay; to temper. [Obs. ] The watery showers delay the raging wind. Surrey.
DELAY
DELAY De *lay ", v. i.
Defn: To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry. There seem to be certain bounds to the quickness and slowness of the succession of those ideas,... beyond which they can neither delay nor hasten. Locke.
DELAYER
DELAYER De *lay "er, n.
Defn: One who delays; one who lingers.
DELAYINGLY
DELAYINGLY De *lay "ing *ly, adv.
Defn: By delays. [R.] Tennyson.
DELAYMENT
DELAYMENT De *lay "ment, n.
Defn: Hindrance. [Obs. ] Gower.
New American Oxford Dictionary
delay
de lay |diˈlā dəˈleɪ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (someone or something ) late or slow: the train was delayed. • [ no obj. ] be late or slow; loiter: time being of the essence, they delayed no longer. • postpone or defer (an action ): he may decide to delay the next cut in interest rates. ▶noun a period of time by which something is late or postponed: a two-hour delay | long delays in obtaining passports. • the action of delaying or being delayed: I set off without delay. • Electronics the time interval between the propagation of an electrical signal and its reception. • an electronic device that introduces such an interval, esp. in an audio signal. DERIVATIVES de lay er noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French delayer (verb ).
delayed-action
de layed-ac tion ▶adjective [ attrib. ] operating or effective after a predetermined length of time: delayed-action bombs. ▶noun ( delayed action ) the operation of something after a predetermined length of time.
delayering
de |layer |ing |diːˈleɪərɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action or process of reducing the number of levels in the hierarchy of employees in an organization. DERIVATIVES delayer verb
delaying action
de lay ing ac tion ▶noun action taken to gain time, esp. a military engagement that delays the advance of an enemy.
delaying tactics
de lay ing tac tics ▶plural noun tactics designed to defer or postpone something in order to gain an advantage for oneself.
delay line
de lay line ▶noun a device producing a specific desired delay in the transmission of a signal. • a set of mirrors controlling the path lengths between outlying telescopes and a central receiver.
Oxford Dictionary
delay
delay |dɪˈleɪ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (someone or something ) late or slow: the train was delayed. • [ no obj. ] be late or slow; loiter: time being of the essence, they delayed no longer. • postpone or defer (an action ): he may decide to delay the next cut in interest rates. ▶noun a period of time by which something is late or postponed: a two-hour delay | long delays in obtaining passports. • [ mass noun ] the action of delaying or being delayed: I set off without delay. • Electronics the time interval between the propagation of an electrical signal and its reception. • an electronic device which introduces a delay, especially in an audio signal. DERIVATIVES delayer noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French delayer (verb ).
delayed-action
delayed-action ▶adjective [ attrib. ] operating or effective after a predetermined length of time: delayed-action bombs. ▶noun ( delayed action ) [ mass noun ] the operation of something after a predetermined length of time.
delayering
de |layer |ing |diːˈleɪərɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action or process of reducing the number of levels in the hierarchy of employees in an organization. DERIVATIVES delayer verb
delaying action
de ¦lay |ing ac ¦tion ▶noun [ mass noun ] action taken to gain time, especially a military engagement that delays the advance of an enemy.
delaying tactics
de ¦lay |ing tac |tics ▶plural noun tactics designed to defer or postpone something in order to gain an advantage for oneself.
delay line
delay line ▶noun a device producing a specific desired delay in the transmission of a signal. • a set of mirrors controlling the path lengths between outlying telescopes and a central receiver.
American Oxford Thesaurus
delay
delay verb 1 we were delayed by the traffic: detain, hold up, make late, slow up /down, bog down; hinder, hamper, impede, obstruct. 2 they delayed no longer: linger, dally, drag one's feet, be slow, hold back, dawdle, waste time; procrastinate, stall, hang fire, mark time, temporize, hesitate, dither, shilly-shally, dilly-dally; archaic tarry. ANTONYMS hurry. 3 he may delay the cut in interest rates: postpone, put off, defer, hold over, shelve, suspend, stay; reschedule, put over, push back, table; informal put on ice, back-burner, put on the back burner, put in cold storage. ANTONYMS advance. ▶noun 1 drivers will face lengthy delays: holdup, wait, detainment; hindrance, impediment, obstruction, setback. 2 the delay of his trial: postponement, deferral, deferment, stay, respite; adjournment. 3 I set off without delay: procrastination, stalling, hesitation, dithering, dallying, lollygagging, dawdling. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See postpone . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.
Oxford Thesaurus
delay
delay verb 1 a few guests were delayed by rush-hour traffic: detain, hold up, make late, retard, keep (back ), slow up, slow down, set back, bog down; hinder, hamper, impede, obstruct. 2 time being of the essence, they delayed no longer: linger, dally, take one's time, drag one's feet, be slow, hold back, lag /fall behind, dawdle, loiter, not keep pace, waste time; procrastinate, stall, play for time, buy time, hang fire, mark time, temporize, hesitate, dither, shilly-shally; stonewall, filibuster; informal dilly-dally, let the grass grow under one's feet; archaic or literary tarry. ANTONYMS hurry. 3 he may decide to delay the next cut in interest rates: postpone, put off, defer, hold over, shelve, suspend, stay, hold in abeyance, pigeonhole; reschedule, adjourn; N. Amer. put over, table, lay on the table; N. Amer. Law continue; informal put on ice, put on the back burner, put in cold storage; rare remit, respite. ANTONYMS advance, bring forward. ▶noun 1 drivers heading for the capital are certain to face lengthy delays | the delay between the exchange of contracts and completion: hold-up, wait, waiting period, detainment; hindrance, impediment, obstruction, setback; interval, gap, interlude. 2 the delay of his trial: postponement, deferral, deferment, putting off, stay, respite; rescheduling, adjournment; N. Amer. Law continuation; rare put-off. 3 I set off without delay: lingering, dallying, dawdling, loitering; procrastination, stalling, hesitation, dithering, shilly-shallying; informal dilly-dallying; archaic or literary tarrying; rare cunctation.
French Dictionary
délayer
délayer v. tr. verbe transitif Diluer. : Délayer du cacao dans du lait. payer Conjugaison Le y est suivi d ’un i à la première et à la deuxième personne du pluriel de l ’indicatif imparfait et du subjonctif présent. (Que ) nous délayions, (que ) vous délayiez.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
delay
de lay /dɪléɪ /〖de (完全に )lay (そのままにしておく )〗動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing 他動詞 1 〈人が 〉 «…まで /…の間 » (ある出来事 適時を待ち意図的に )〈事 〉を延期する , 延ばす «until /for » ; 〖delay doing 〗…することを延ばす (→分詞 delayed , delaying )▸ Nicholas delayed his vacation until the winter season .ニコラスは休暇をとるのを冬まで延期した ▸ Ray delayed working [╳to work ] on the problem .レイはその問題に取り組むのを先延ばしにした 2 〈悪天候 事故などが 〉…を遅らせる (!しばしば受け身で ) ▸ The train was seriously delayed by heavy snow .列車は大雪で大幅に遅れた 自動詞 〈人が 〉遅れる, 手間取る ; (わざと )ぐずぐずする ▸ Don't delay any longer .それ以上遅れないでくれ 名詞 複 ～s /-z /U 遅れ , 遅延, 遅滞 ; ぐずぐずすること ; 猶予, 延期 ; 延期時間 (!具体例ではa ～/～s; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う ) ▸ There will be a delay of two hours [a two-hour delay ] because of bad weather .悪天候のせいで2時間遅れるだろう ▸ We sincerely apologize for the long delay in taking off .離陸が大幅に遅れておりますことを心よりおわび申し上げます ▸ There is no time for further delay .これ以上ぐずぐずしている時間はない with ò ut del á y ｟かたく ｠遅滞なく (immediately ).～́ l ì ne 〘電 〙遅延線 (路 ) 〘データ伝送における信号の伝達において, 遅延が生じるよう設計された線 〙.
delayed
de l á yed 形容詞 遅らせた .～̀ br ó adcast 〘放送 〙遅発放送 .
delayed-action
del à yed- á ction 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗遅延作動の ; 時限式の ; セルフタイマーの ▸ a delayed-action bomb 時限爆弾
delayering
de lay er ing /diːléɪərɪŋ /名詞 U 職層の簡素化 〘企業などの組織合理化のための管理職の職階整理削減 〙.
delaying
de l á y ing 形容詞 引き延ばしをする .～́ à ction [t à ctics ]遅延行動, 時間稼ぎ ; 〘軍 〙遅滞行動 .
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