a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
造句
He spent ten minutes at the phone while the others fretted and fumed. 他用了10分鐘電話機，惹得其他人十分惱火。
English politician and historian who was falsely accused of treason and banished(1667). While in France he wrote his major work, The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England(1702-1704). 克拉倫登英國政治家和歷史學家，被錯判叛國罪并流放(1667年)。在法國寫出他的重要著作英國叛亂和內戰史(1702－1704年)
Production manager: Initiated quality control resulting in a reduction in working hours by20% while increasing productivity by25%. 生產部經理：引入質量控制，使工作時數減少了20％, 而生產力則提高了25％。
He spent ten minutes at the phone while the others fretted and fumed. At length he put the receiver down. 他打了10分鐘電話，其他的人都等得不耐煩了。最后他終于放下了聽筒。
常用短語
between whiles
時時(有時
at whiles
有時
組詞
They feasted..The whiles a Northern harper..Chanted a rhime.
出自：Sir W. Scott
近義反義詞
while
while sth away
while structure
while statement
while away a day
while-listening
while-do-part
while control while
while away the time
while away a moment
while I am about it