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Definition of wait-a-bit in English: wait-a-bit(also wait-a-bit thorn) nounˈweɪtəbɪtˈwādəbit South African An African bush with hooked thorns that catch the clothing, in particular an acacia. 〈主南非〉有钩刺的非洲灌木（尤指金合欢） Example sentencesExamples - Giraffes are also missing from the crater as they favour the umbrella acacia and wait-a-bit thorn trees found higher up.
- The steeply rising, boulder-strewn slope is covered with different species of trees than those you have been seeing, and in March the white flowers of the wait-a-bit thorn decorate the slopes.
- Acacia thorns, ‘cat claws’ of the wait-a-bit thorn tree, rip skin and clothing.
- Minutes before, Speck had been at the head of the small pack, howling after a large male lion through the wait-a-bit thorn that rings South Africa's corner of the Kalahari Desert.
- About the third day he began to suffer from chill and fever, and the wait-a-bit thorns and prickly-pear scrub began to dance before his eyes.
OriginTranslating Afrikaans wag-'n-bietjie. Definition of wait-a-bit in US English: wait-a-bit(also wait-a-bit thorn) nounˈwādəbit South African An African bush with hooked thorns that catch the clothing, in particular an acacia. 〈主南非〉有钩刺的非洲灌木（尤指金合欢） Example sentencesExamples - Minutes before, Speck had been at the head of the small pack, howling after a large male lion through the wait-a-bit thorn that rings South Africa's corner of the Kalahari Desert.
- About the third day he began to suffer from chill and fever, and the wait-a-bit thorns and prickly-pear scrub began to dance before his eyes.
- Acacia thorns, ‘cat claws’ of the wait-a-bit thorn tree, rip skin and clothing.
- The steeply rising, boulder-strewn slope is covered with different species of trees than those you have been seeing, and in March the white flowers of the wait-a-bit thorn decorate the slopes.
- Giraffes are also missing from the crater as they favour the umbrella acacia and wait-a-bit thorn trees found higher up.
OriginTranslating Afrikaans wag-'n-bietjie. |