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单词 waiter
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Definition of waiter in English:

waiter

noun ˈweɪtəˈweɪdər
  • 1A man whose job is to serve customers at their tables in a restaurant.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She worked in the kitchen while her children served as waiters and helpers.
    • She worked in a few different places but finally settled down in a restaurant as a waiter and bartender.
    • Hackneyed and sterile, the Rockwell is ideal if you are looking for vastly overpriced drinks served by offhand waiters with pathetically slow service.
    • Outside, scores of people mill about, waiters serve free coffee and soda, and a long queue waits to get into the hall.
    • The WCB regulations on second-hand smoke might well prevent a waiter from serving a customer who is smoking.
    • The waiters serve the women at each table first.
    • At these coastal restaurants, the waiters might be wearing ties and the tables could be draped with linen, but customers are still welcome in shorts and flip-flops.
    • The waiter also serves as a wine steward, so passengers generally need to know what vintages they like or dislike.
    • Lauren and I went to Osteria tonight and the waiters outnumbered the customers.
    • He said that the restaurant has about five waiters on duty during busy periods.
    • Just as I gather up my courage to start a conversation with my neighbor, impeccably dressed waiters appear and begin serving dinner.
    • Ask restaurant waiters which menu items are vegetarian.
    • Then the head waiter rushes up with a candle.
    • Arriving passengers greet their cabin stewards and table waiters like long-lost family friends with smiling handshakes, hugs and much backslapping.
    • The young chefs and waiters were delighted with the opportunity of preparing and serving food to their teachers.
    • Service to start with was very slow, although not surprising when you have 2 waiters for a full restaurant.
    • I settled into one of the leather banquettes for a leisurely tea service, including scones and a slice of custard pie served by white-jacketed waiters.
    • What restaurants need are professional waiters.
    • They hold low-wage jobs as restaurant waiters, street cleaners, construction workers, and dishwashers.
    • Zombori worked as a busboy and saw how the world's top waiters treated customers.
    Synonyms
    server, stewardess, steward, attendant
    head waitress/waiter, hostess, host
    wine steward, wine waiter
    butler, servant, page, flunkey
    North American waitperson, carhop
    French garçon, maître d'hôtel, sommelier (des vins)
  • 2A person who waits for a time, event, or opportunity.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mr McMahon said all of the long waiters in the eastern region should be given an opportunity to be treated under the fund and a record kept of those who don't wish to be involved in the scheme.
    • Although the Trust achieved its target of having no over 12 month waiters, 299 patients had been waiting longer than nine months at the end of March.
  • 3A small tray; a salver.

Rhymes

cater, crater, creator, curator, data, debater, delator, dumbwaiter, equator, fascinator, freighter, frustrater, gaiter, grater, gyrator, hater, later, legator, mater, negator, pater, peseta, plater, rotator, skater, slater, stater, tater, traitor, ultimata, understater, upstater
 
 

Definition of waiter in US English:

waiter

nounˈweɪdərˈwādər
  • 1A man whose job is to serve customers at their tables in a restaurant.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They hold low-wage jobs as restaurant waiters, street cleaners, construction workers, and dishwashers.
    • I settled into one of the leather banquettes for a leisurely tea service, including scones and a slice of custard pie served by white-jacketed waiters.
    • Outside, scores of people mill about, waiters serve free coffee and soda, and a long queue waits to get into the hall.
    • Just as I gather up my courage to start a conversation with my neighbor, impeccably dressed waiters appear and begin serving dinner.
    • The young chefs and waiters were delighted with the opportunity of preparing and serving food to their teachers.
    • Lauren and I went to Osteria tonight and the waiters outnumbered the customers.
    • She worked in the kitchen while her children served as waiters and helpers.
    • He said that the restaurant has about five waiters on duty during busy periods.
    • Ask restaurant waiters which menu items are vegetarian.
    • She worked in a few different places but finally settled down in a restaurant as a waiter and bartender.
    • The waiters serve the women at each table first.
    • The WCB regulations on second-hand smoke might well prevent a waiter from serving a customer who is smoking.
    • Hackneyed and sterile, the Rockwell is ideal if you are looking for vastly overpriced drinks served by offhand waiters with pathetically slow service.
    • Service to start with was very slow, although not surprising when you have 2 waiters for a full restaurant.
    • At these coastal restaurants, the waiters might be wearing ties and the tables could be draped with linen, but customers are still welcome in shorts and flip-flops.
    • Then the head waiter rushes up with a candle.
    • What restaurants need are professional waiters.
    • The waiter also serves as a wine steward, so passengers generally need to know what vintages they like or dislike.
    • Arriving passengers greet their cabin stewards and table waiters like long-lost family friends with smiling handshakes, hugs and much backslapping.
    • Zombori worked as a busboy and saw how the world's top waiters treated customers.
    Synonyms
    server, waitress, stewardess, steward, attendant
  • 2A person who waits for a time, event, or opportunity.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Although the Trust achieved its target of having no over 12 month waiters, 299 patients had been waiting longer than nine months at the end of March.
    • Mr McMahon said all of the long waiters in the eastern region should be given an opportunity to be treated under the fund and a record kept of those who don't wish to be involved in the scheme.
  • 3A small tray; a salver.

 
 
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