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ˌdumb ˈwaiter noun [countableC]
DFUa small lift used to move food, plates etc from one level in a restaurant, hotel etc to another 〔餐厅、酒店等中在楼层间运送食物、餐具等的〕小型升降机
Examples from the Corpus
dumb waiter• The kitchen is equipped along old-fashioned lines, and meals reach the dining room via a dumb waiter.• Where design permits, the old-fashioned serving hatch can come in handy: it's the dumb waiter of the less-palatial home.