waiting 的詞源
waiting(n.)
「觀看、觀察;埋伏」,晚期古英語,動名詞來自 wait (v.)。從14世紀晚期起用作「服務、出席」。
Waiting room 證實於1680年代。Waiting list 自1841年起記錄;動詞 wait-list 「將(某人)放入等待名單」自1960年起記錄。Waiting time 1962年起使用,最初指電腦。Waiting game 自1835年起記錄,最初用於賽馬。
When speed, not stoutness, is the best of a horse, quite a contrary system is practised. With such a horse, the jockey plays a waiting game; that is, he carefully nurses him through the race, so as not to distress him by overpacing him; as the finish approaches, he creeps up to his horses by degrees, but does not quit them to go in front till he sees that the pace has made them "safe," — when he lets loose and wins. [James Christie Whyte, "History of the British Turf," London, 1840]
當速度,而非健壯,是馬匹的最佳特質時,則會採用完全相反的系統。對於這樣的馬,騎師玩的是一場等待遊戲;也就是說,他在比賽中小心地護理他,以免因過快而使他感到不適;隨著終點的接近,他逐漸接近他的馬,但在看到速度已使他們「安全」之前不會離開他們去領先——當他看到時,他便放手並贏得比賽。[詹姆斯·克里斯蒂·懷特,《英國賽馬史》,倫敦,1840年]
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