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Definition of awhile in English: awhileadverb əˈwʌɪləˈ(h)waɪl For a short time. 暂时；片刻 在这儿站一会儿。 Example sentencesExamples - For many of us, New Year Day gives us time to pause awhile and think about our loved ones in a special way.
- Soon he is off to a small town on the west coast where he decides to stick around awhile.
- She waited awhile but no sound was heard, not even the twittering of birds outside.
- If you really, really, like them, you might wait it out awhile to see if they outgrow this annoying phase.
- If the fight lasts awhile, which it figures to do, Ruiz will land some shots.
- We intended to sit awhile in the reception area but found it in virtual darkness.
- So I'm going to savour it awhile and plot some hedonistic scheme to keep me amused.
- So I'll sit here a while and write a song.
- Local golfers paused awhile to point it out to one another, then continued on their rounds.
- But you stand here awhile, that I may. announce to you the word of God.
- There we got a great welcome, rested awhile while we ate a grand meal prepared by the cook.
- Stay awhile amid these paintings to appreciate their graphic realism and intense detail.
- I sat there the rest of the evening some of my friends came to sit with me awhile but they left to dance around ten minutes later.
Synonyms for a moment, for a while, for a short time, for a little while informal for a bit
UsageThe single word awhile is an adverb meaning ‘for a short time’, and should not be confused with the noun use of a while, ‘a period of time’: stand here awhile, but we stood there for a while OriginOld English āne hwīle '(for) a while'. Rhymesaisle, Argyle, beguile, bile, Carlisle, Carlyle, compile, De Stijl, ensile, file, guile, I'll, interfile, isle, Kabyle, kyle, lisle, Lyle, Mikhail, mile, Nile, pile, rank-and-file, resile, rile, Ryle, Sieg Heil, smile, spile, stile, style, tile, vile, Weil, while, wile, worthwhile Definition of awhile in US English: awhileadverbəˈ(h)wīləˈ(h)waɪl For a short time. 暂时；片刻 在这儿站一会儿。 Example sentencesExamples - Stay awhile amid these paintings to appreciate their graphic realism and intense detail.
- Soon he is off to a small town on the west coast where he decides to stick around awhile.
- So I'll sit here a while and write a song.
- We intended to sit awhile in the reception area but found it in virtual darkness.
- If you really, really, like them, you might wait it out awhile to see if they outgrow this annoying phase.
- If the fight lasts awhile, which it figures to do, Ruiz will land some shots.
- But you stand here awhile, that I may. announce to you the word of God.
- I sat there the rest of the evening some of my friends came to sit with me awhile but they left to dance around ten minutes later.
- So I'm going to savour it awhile and plot some hedonistic scheme to keep me amused.
- For many of us, New Year Day gives us time to pause awhile and think about our loved ones in a special way.
- She waited awhile but no sound was heard, not even the twittering of birds outside.
- Local golfers paused awhile to point it out to one another, then continued on their rounds.
- There we got a great welcome, rested awhile while we ate a grand meal prepared by the cook.
Synonyms for a moment, for a while, for a short time, for a little while
UsageThe adverb awhile, meaning 'for a short time,' should be written as one word (we paused awhile). The noun phrase, meaning ‘a period of time,’ especially when preceded by a preposition, should be written as two words (Margaret rested for a while; we'll be there in a while). See also worthwhile OriginOld English āne hwīle ‘(for) a while’. |