waiter
英式音标['wetɚ]
美式英标['weɪtə]
基本解释
英文词源
- waiter (n.)
- late 14c., "attendant, watchman," agent noun from wait (v.). Sense of "attendant at a meal, servant who waits at tables" is from late 15c., originally in reference to household servants; in reference to inns, eating houses, etc., it is attested from 1660s.
实用例句
- 1. The waiter returned with their order and Graham signed the bill.
- 侍者把他们点的餐端了过来，格雷厄姆签了单。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. A waiter mopped up the mess as best he could.
- 一名侍者尽力抹掉溅出的食物。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The waiter offered him red wine or white wine with his meal.
- 侍者为他端上佐餐的红葡萄酒或者白葡萄酒。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. In his wake came a waiter wheeling a trolley.
- 一位推着手推车的侍者紧随着他过来。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. "I'll take the grilled tuna," Mary Ann told the waiter.
- “给我来份烤金枪鱼吧，”玛丽·安告诉侍者。
来自柯林斯例句
