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单词 waiter
释义
waiter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈweɪ.tər/us
/ˈweɪ.t̬ɚ/
A1
a man whosejobis tobringthefoodtocustomersattheirtablesin arestaurant
（餐馆的）男侍者，男服务员
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Examples
  • The waitersmiledcontemptuouslyat anyone who didn'tknowwhichwinetoorder.
  • Walterexpostulatedwith the waiter about thesizeof thebill.
  • The waiterhandedme themenuwith aflourish.
  • The waitersmiledpolitelyas hehandedme mybill/handedmybillto me.
  • A waiterhoveredat thetable,readyto takeourorder.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
People who make & serve food
  • baker
  • barista
  • butcher
  • carhop
  • carver
  • caterer
  • chef
  • chef de partie
  • commis chef
  • cook
  • garçon
  • prep cook
  • roaster
  • room service
  • server
  • short-order cook
  • sous chef
  • steward
  • waitress
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(Definition ofwaiterfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • A waiter comes and you get some tea.
  • The different jobs as waiter, housekeeper, nurse, and more can last for three months, six months, or longer.

waiter| American Dictionary

waiter
noun[C]
us
/ˈweɪ·t̬ər/
(femalewaitress,us/ˈweɪ·trəs/)
apersonwhosejobis toservemealstopeoplein arestaurant:
A waiter came to thetableto takeourorder.
(Definition ofwaiterfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwaiter

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Awaiteraccidentally drops a stack of dishes and thereby creates a mess.
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The closest that our decisionmakers get to the heartbeat of the nation is when they tip awaiter.
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Thewaiterbrought over a grubby document, creased at the corners and covered with tea stains.
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When the customer ordered another drink, thewaiterwould ask what he wanted.
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Over the next few minutes, cleaning personnel, waiters with trays of food, a manicurist, a plumber, and others enter the cabin.
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The result was a quite satisfying improvement inwaiterrecognition.
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The practice of tipping waiters, he pointed out, is custom not law, and there is nothing gained by calling it law.
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The waiter's arm holding a tray is very compliant but the hand itself is stiff.
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The other food handlers (both affected and asymptomatic), who were waiters and did not cook, had, however, also eaten sandwiches prepared by the cook.
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The waiters having been removed and a kid glove affixed to the door-knocker.
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You are now on matey terms with everyone from ministers to waiters.
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It signals that "we are all in this together", one cannot imagine it in modern use as the plural of boy "waiter" or "servant".
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He meets another man/there is awaiter/owner of the restaurant.
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The situation is a restaurant, and my party has just finished giving its orders to a white-jacketedwaiter.
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The dog with its bone, in the upper right, becomes transformed by stages into awaiterbearing a silver salver of food.
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