n. 一段时间；一会儿；(所需、所费的)功夫。 Rest a while 休息一会儿。 A long [good] while 长久。 After a while 过了一会儿。 All the while 始终，一直。 At whiles 有时，时常。 Between whiles 时常，不时地。 Every little while ＝ at whiles. For a [one] while 暂时，一时。 In a little while 不久，没一会儿，立刻。 Make it worth sb.'s while 酬劳；行贿。 Once in a while 时常，有时。 The while [whilst] 1. 当时；其间，在那中间；同时。 2. 〔诗〕…当中〔此义常用 whilst〕。 Worth (sb.'s) while 有…的价值，值得；有利益的 (It is worth while to see the museum. 参观博物馆是有益的)。
1.当…的时候；和…同时。 2.而，但是，可是，倒，却，但另一方面，反过来；虽则。 短语和例子 He was drowned while swimming. 他游泳时淹死了。 W- I like the colour of the hat, I do not like its shape. 我倒喜欢这顶帽子的颜色，但不喜欢那个式样。 One lost a leg, another an arm, while a third was killed outright. 一个人折了一只腿，一个人丢了一只胳膊，另一个人呢，当场死了。 At a time when … while … 一面…一面又…。 vt. 消磨，闲混(时间) (away)。
〔古语〕直至(某时)。 W- then, God be with you. 直至彼时，上天将保佑汝。
a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather" 同义词：piece, spell, patch,
"While" is a word in the English language that functions both as a noun and as a subordinating conjunction. Its meaning varies largely based on its intended function, position in the phrase and even the writer or speaker's regional dialect.
例句与用法
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Cover her while i phone the police . 你用枪看住她，我给警方打电话。
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Let's just sit out here and rest a while . 我们就坐在这儿歇一会儿。
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She has no mother while he has no father . 他没有父亲，她却没有母亲。
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They advised her to go into hiding for a while . 他们劝她先躲藏一下。
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I'll send up your breakfast in a while . 我一会儿派人把你的早饭送来。
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Please listen while i define your duties . 请听我详细说明你的职务。
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He trifled a while with young crossjay . 他与小克罗斯杰闲混了一会儿。
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Follow the text while i read it out to you . 看着课文，听我给你朗读。
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I watched for a while and then went to sleep . 我望了一会儿睡去了。
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Hold on a minute while i get my breath back . 停一停，让我喘口气。
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