English Dictionary

delay

IPA（発音記号）

/dɪˈleɪ/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity. / (music) An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.

日本語の意味

ある出来事が起こる前の時間的な遅れ、待ち時間 / 行動そのものの遅延や、延期、先延ばしの状態 / （音楽用語として）制御された遅延効果をもたらすオーディオエフェクト装置

A brief delay in the schedule caused the meeting to start at 10:15.

スケジュールのわずかな遅れのため、会議は10時15分に始まりました。

意味（1）

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

the delay before the echo of a sound

意味（2）

(music) An 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)

意味（3）

(programming, Clojure) Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”)

意味（4）

(chess) An amount of time provided on each move before one's clock starts to tick; a less common time control than increment.

delays （ plural ）