English Dictionary

delay

/dɪˈleɪ/

verb

(transitive, intransitive) To put off until a later time; to defer. / To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time. / (transitive, obsolete) To allay; to temper.

The traffic delay caused me to be late for work.

意味（1）

(transitive, intransitive) To put off until a later time; to defer.

My lord delayeth his coming.

意味（2）

To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.

The mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.

意味（3）

(transitive, obsolete) To allay; to temper.

The watery showers delay the raging wind.