waiter
英 [ˈweɪtə(r)] 美 [ˈwetɚ]

n.

侍者；服务员；托盘；

变形

复数：waiters

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C] (男)侍者,(男)服务员 a person who serves food at the tables in a restaurant

英英释义

waiter[ weitə ]

• n.
  • a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)

    同义词：server

  • a person who waits or awaits

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• work as a waiter当服务员

名词+～

• head waiter领班服务员

～+介词

• waiter at a restaurant饭店的服务员
• waiter upon Providence不可靠的酒肉朋友

词组短语

head waiter饭店领班

dumb waiter n. 小型送货升降机；送菜升降机，餐用升降机

同近义词辨析

attendant, servant, waiter

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。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. A waiter of the Japanese restaurant bowed him in.
   那家日本餐馆的侍者鞠着躬将他迎了进去。
2. It is customary to tip the waiter.
   给侍者小费是一种习俗。
3. He sent the waiter for a packet of cigarettes.
   他让侍者去拿一盒香烟。
4. He asked the waiter to bring him a cask of sherry.
   他叫侍者给他拿一桶雪利酒。

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