waiter

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n. 侍者

发音

UK /ˈweɪtə/
US /ˈweɪtɚ/

词形变化

waitering waiters 复数 waiters waitered waiters 三单 waitering 现在分词 waitered 过去式 waitered 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

服务员，侍者

a man who serves food and drink at the tables in a restaurant

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.

    服务员

    侍者

    侍应

    企台

    企枱

    Waiter! There's a fly in my soup.

  2. 2.

    Someone who waits for somebody or something; a person who is waiting.

  3. 3.

    A person working as an attendant at the London Stock Exchange.

    历史
  4. 4.

    A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver. (See etymology of dumbwaiter.)

    废旧
  5. 5.

    A custom house officer; a tide waiter.

    废旧
  6. 6.

    A watchman.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To work as a waiter.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

server

上位词 3

actor worker doer

下位词 9

waitress sommelier car hop counterperson lurcher lurker skulker wine steward wine waiter

相关短语

tide waiter quarter waiter dumb waiter n. 小型升降送货机, 小件升降机, 自动回转式送货机 coast waiter landing waiter wine waiter n. 斟酒的服务员 drinks waiter

词源

From late 14th century Middle English waiter, wayter (“attendant, watchman”). By surface analysis, wait + -er. Sense of "servant who waits at tables" is from late 15th century, originally in reference to household servants; in reference to inns, eating houses, etc., it is attested from 1660s. Feminine form waitress first recorded 1834. The London Stock Exchange sense harks back to the early days of trading in coffee-shops.

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