/dɪˈleɪ ||; dɪˈle/verb1 [T] to make sb/sth slow or late 耽搁；延误；拖延: The plane was delayed for several hours because of bad weather. 这班飞机因天气恶劣而误点了几个小时。
2 [I,T] delay (sth/doing sth) to decide not to do sth until a later time 推迟；延迟；延期 · I was forced to delay the trip until the following week. 我被逼把旅行推迟到下一个星期。