waiter

英 [ˈweɪtə(r)]

美 [ˈweɪtər]

n.  (餐馆等的)服务员，侍者

复数：waiters　

高考CET4CET6考研IELTS

Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.5772 / COCA.5460

牛津词典

noun

• （餐馆等的）服务员，侍者
  a person whose job is to serve customers at their tables in a restaurant, etc.
  1. I'll ask the waitress for the bill.
     我要让女服务员拿账单来。
  2. Waiter, could you bring me some water?
     服务员，给我送点儿水来好吗？

柯林斯词典

• See also:dumb waiter

英英释义

noun

• a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
  Synonym:server
• a person who waits or awaits

双语例句

• He beckoned to the waiter
  他招呼服务员过来。
• He held out his glass for an old waiter to refill.
  他把杯子递给一个老服务生重新续杯。
• The waiter got his arithmetic wrong.
  服务员算错了账。
• At this point the waiter suggested it was time to go and would brook no disagreement.
  这时，侍者建议该离开了，不容有异议。
• He finished his aperitif and tasted the wine the waiter had produced
  他喝完开胃酒，又尝了点侍者端来的葡萄酒。
• '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。
• A waiter came and hovered. John caught my look and we both got up and, ignoring the waiter, made our way to the buffet
  一个侍者走了过来，候在附近。约翰领会了我的眼神，我们两个都站了起来，没有理睬那个侍者，朝自助餐台走去。
• A waiter mopped up the mess as best he could
  一名侍者尽力抹掉溅出的食物。
• The waiter will carry your cases up to your room.
  服务生会把您的箱子送到您的房间里去的。
• He picked a fight with a waiter and landed in jail
  他找碴儿跟服务生打了一架，最后进了监狱。