wait on
US
UK wait on [sb] vtr phrasal insep: (bar, restaurant: serve)
SC 侍候 shì hòu
SC 服侍 shì hòu ，fú shì
Gina was waiting on a customer at the restaurant.
吉娜在餐厅招待一位顾客。
wait on [sb/sth] vi + prep: (await)
SC 等 děng
TC 等
TC 等
SC 等待 děng，děng dài
TC 等待
TC 等待
Rachel was waiting on her brother's arrival.
蕾切尔正在等她哥哥来。
wait vi: (remain in expectation)
SC 等 děng
TC 等
TC 等
SC 等待 děng，děng dài
TC 等待
TC 等待
SC 等候 děng，děng hòu
TC 等候
TC 等候
The results haven't come out yet, I am still waiting.
结果还没出来，我仍在等待。
wait for [sb/sth] vi + prep: (await)
SC 等待 děng dài
TC 等待
TC 等待
SC 等 děng dài ，děng
TC 等
TC 等
I'm waiting for someone special.
我正在等一个特别的人。
wait for [sb/sth] to do [sth] vi + prep: (await [sth])
SC 等待…做…，等…做…
We are going to wait for the office to open.
我们要去等办公室开门。
wait vi: (be available)
SC 待命
SC 待用
There are taxis waiting at the corner.
街角就有待命的出租车。
wait on [sb] vtr phrasal insep: (serve food)
SC 侍候用餐
Get your own coffee; I'm not here to wait on you!
你自己煮咖啡，我不是来这儿侍候你用餐的。
wait n: (time spent waiting)
SC 等 děng
TC 等
TC 等
SC 等待 děng，děng dài
TC 等待
TC 等待
SC 等候 děng，děng hòu
TC 等候
TC 等候
I don't mind the wait.
我不介意等。
wait n: (delay)
SC 等待 děng dài
TC 等待
TC 等待
We are in for a long wait.
我们要等待很长的时间。
wait [sth] for [sb] vtr + prep: US, informal (postpone, delay)
SC 为…推迟（开饭）
Please wait lunch for me; I'll be there in a moment.
请为我推迟午饭时间，我很快就到。
wait on [sb] vtr phrasal insep: (bar, restaurant: serve)
SC 侍候 shì hòu
SC 服侍 shì hòu ，fú shì
Gina was waiting on a customer at the restaurant.
吉娜在餐厅招待一位顾客。
queue (UK), wait in line (US), wait on line (US, regional) vi: UK (wait in a line of people, vehicles)
SC 排队 pái duì
TC 排隊
TC 排隊
People were queuing outside the shop at 5 am on the day of the sale.
打折日的早上5点，人们就在店外排队了。
wait on [sb/sth] vi + prep: (await)
SC 等 děng
TC 等
TC 等
SC 等待 děng，děng dài
TC 等待
TC 等待
Rachel was waiting on her brother's arrival.
蕾切尔正在等她哥哥来。
wait tables, wait on tables v expr: US (restaurant job)
SC 做侍应生
To make extra money, I waited tables in college.