| 单词 | to wait on the cup, the trencher, the table |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wait on the cup, the trencher, the table 10. To attend as or in the manner of a servant to the personal requirements of; to minister to the comfort of. †Also in phrases, to wait on the cup, the trencher, the table (cf. 9b).to wait on (a person) hand and foot: see to wait on (also wait upon, serve) (a person) (†to) hand and foot at hand n. Phrases 6a(b). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > be present at [verb (transitive)] > be present in readiness for service of attend?1499 to wait on or upon ——1509 the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [verb (intransitive)] servec1275 sewc1440 pour1539 to wait on the cup, the trencher, the table1552 sewerc1553 wait1568 to wait up1654 to serve away1709 help1805 to wait (the) table1827 to sling hash1860 to be mother1934 1509–10 Act 1 Hen. VIII c. 14 §1 No servyng manne waytyng uppon his maister..were eny garded Hose. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Wayte on the cup, ad cyathos stare. a1557 J. Cheke tr. Gospel St. Matthew (1843) iv. 11 Then let ye devel him go, and lo angels cam vnto him and waited on him. 1575 G. Gascoigne Glasse of Gouernem. iv. v. sig. Iiii Wee should haue beene fayne to wayte on the table, and to bee contented with their leauings after supper. 1602 Kyd's Spanish Trag. (new ed.) ii. sig. D3v His Maiestie the other day did grace him With waiting on his cup. 1605 N. Breton I pray you be not Angrie sig. Cv To spende my time..onely for..waighting on a Trencher, looking on a faire House. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 80 When they grow old, they most grow contemptible, being put to do the drudgeries of the house, and many times to waite on their children. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. vii. xv. 135 ‘It is not my business,’ answered the Drawer, ‘to wait upon the Chambers...’ ‘If you come to that,’ answered the Maid, ‘it is not my business to wait upon Gentlemen.’ View more context for this quotation 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. iv. 56 You can have no servants to wait upon you. 1865 Mrs. H. Wood Mildred Arkell I. xi When I was only six years old I had to wait on Mamma and Charlotte. 1901 T. J. Alldridge Sherbro xii. 114 He is waited upon hand and foot. < as lemmas |
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