2. To become inactive. A process enters a process wait state when the process suspends itself, hibernates, or declares that it needs to wait for an event, resource, mutex, and so forth.
3. 等待(状态信号)
名词 n.
1. 等待
体育
1. 暂停
贸易
1. n.等待
语源
Middle English: from Old Northern French waitier, of Germanic origin; related to wake. Early senses included 'lie in wait (for'), 'observe carefully, and be watchful'