while
英 [waɪl] 美 [hwaɪl; waɪl]
n. 一段时间
conj. 在…期间;当…时候;然而;虽然
v. 消磨
例句:
I'll tidy up while you make the dinner.
你来做晚饭,我来收拾。
You hold the torch while I look inside.
你拿着手电筒,我看看里面。
While I was in London she was in Paris.
我在伦敦的时候她在巴黎。
The injection worked quite quickly and, after a while, he slept.
注射很快起了作用。不一会儿他就睡着了。
He was here a while ago.
他刚才还在这儿。
a book that I read a little while ago
我不久前读过的一本书