英:[ˈweɪtə(r)]
美:[ˈweɪtər]
英:[ˈweɪtə(r)]
美:[ˈweɪtər]
wait·er
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复数:waiters
词根:waiter
n.waitress 女服务员;女侍者
vi.waitress 做女服务生
noun
a person employed to serve customers, esp. in a bar, restaurant, or cafe.The waiter gave us very good service.
a tray for carrying things, esp. food and drink; salver.
head waiter饭店领班
dumb waitern. 小型送货升降机;送菜升降机,餐用升降机
这组词都有“服务员”的意思,其区别是:
attendant多指跟随某人并为其服务的人。也可指一般意义的“服务员”。
servant指吃住在他人家为挣工资而干活的人,也指被雇用的人或指广义的“公仆”。
waiter指在饭店、旅馆等处的男服务员,女服务员为waitress。
以上来源于网络
14世纪后期,“服务员,守卫”,代词来自 wait(v.)。"用餐时的服务员,负责餐桌等候的仆人" 的含义始于15世纪后期,最初是指家中仆人; 而泛指旅馆、餐厅等服务员,则见于1660年代。
侍者
助理交易商
The first known use of waiter was in the 15th century
waitpersonnoun
a waiter or waitress
wait-listverb
to put on a waiting list
wait-listverb
to put on a waiting list
wait1 of 2verb
to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something : await wait for orders
wait your turn
to pause to let someone catch up
hey, wait for me
postpone, delay
wait dinner for a guest
to serve as a waiter or waitress wait at a luncheon
wait tables
wait2 of 2noun
a hidden position : ambush—used chiefly in the expression lie in wait
a state of watchful expectation
an act or period of waiting
a long wait in line
waiternoun
one that waitsespecially: a person who waits tables (as in a restaurant)
1 He took a tentative bite, beckoned to the first waiter, and pointed sadly at his fish.
2 The two waiters were standing over against the door.
3 The waiter brings some steaming bread, which I’m happy to dive into.
4 That’s a not-so-super-mom moment because, well, you know, it can get kind of weird when your mom starts talking to a waiter like he’s five years old.
5 Huge waiters in white coats carried trays of the dessert course, shoulder-high.
6 “You don’t understand,” I said, when the waiter had gone, “I’m not the sort of person men marry.”
7 “It needs to open up a bit,” he says to the waiter, who seems to understand whatever this means.
8 Thanks to him, I learned veiy quickly dozens of little things that could really ingratiate a new waiter with the cooks and bartenders.
9 “Happy Birthday, kid,” the waiter said so that the whole room could hear.
10 He signaled the waiter to bring the menu.
他作手势要侍者拿菜单来.
11 He calls the waiter in Greek and his glass is refilled.
12 When the hymn was over, the waiters brought coffee and Bull rapped with his gavel once again and announced, “The smoking lamp is lighted.”
13 On the first Monday in May 1903, black waiters arrived to begin work at a popular lunch counter only to be told to go home, as the manager had abruptly declared them “incompetent.”
14 She needed to control her surprise at the easy familiarity with which her host greeted the head waiter.
看见主人和领班侍者打招呼时轻薄随便的样子,她简直按捺不住惊讶。
15 The waiter returned with her drink and she drained it before saying, “I hope you learned how to deal with your anger while you were in juvenile detention.”
16 Carl the waiter is finishing up with a table across the way; I don’t have any more stall time.
17 The waiter gives us menus and Lou looks his over while I try to imagine bringing him home, introducing him to Starry and Ma.
18 “What’s that?” she asked a waiter and pointed to the long backbone of the great fish that was now just garbage waiting to go out with the tide.
19 Because this is a classy hot-dog joint, a waiter takes our order.
20 When the waiter comes he orders a gyro platter and a side of pepperoncini and coffee.
2 侍者
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3 女侍者
9 男服务员
10 服务员
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12 男侍者