「waiter」

n. 服务员，侍者

英 ['weɪtə]美 ['wetɚ]

权威例句

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

中文词源

waiter 服务员

来自wait,等待。

英语词源

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.