When you wait for something or someone, you spend some time doing very little, because you cannot act until that thing happens or that person arrives. 等候
noun [具体名词] 等，等待；服侍，侍候，当服务员；宫廷侍候
The waiting became almost unbearable. 等待变得几乎令人难以忍受了。
verb [vt. 及物动词] 等候；盼望，期待；推迟，延缓（wait 的现在分词）
You've been waiting long enough. 你等得够久的了。
- waiting 出现在下面的课文中（提供视频、音频及笔记等可系统性学习）
- Lesson 7 Too late
- Lesson 35 Stop thief!
- Lesson 36 Across the Channel
- Lesson 68 Persistent
- Lesson 79 By air
- Lesson 12 Life on a desert island
