1、一种常见用法是表示"推迟，延迟"。例如：
I'm sorry, but we'll have to delay the meeting until tomorrow.
The flight was delayed due to bad weather.
2、另一种用法是表示"使……延误"。例如：
The traffic delays made me late for work.
3、还有一种用法是表示"使……出现延迟"。例如：
The audio signal is being delayed by a few milliseconds.
在中文中，"delay"可以翻译为"推迟，延迟，延误"等。