英语词汇“wait on”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

Idiom

wait onwait on (someone)

to serve someone.

She waited on customers all day at the department store.He sits there in front of the TV and expects me to wait on him!

Related vocabulary: wait on someone hand and foot

Phr V

wait on

waits, waiting, waited

wait on sb/sth

mainly American to serve food and drink to someone in a restaurant or at a party

The guests were waited on by a highly trained team of young staff.She waited on tables (= served meals as a job) to earn money while she was at college.

American to wait until someone arrives or until something is available

I'm not waiting on Rachel any longer - I'm going home.

wait on sb

American to sell goods to someone in a shop

He's got a job waiting on customers in a large department store.

wait on/upon sb

to bring someone everything they want or need

I'd like a maid to wait on me.Greg waited on me hand and foot (= brought me everything I wanted) while I was pregnant.

wait on/upon sth

to wait until you know the result of an activity or event before doing or deciding something

The England team must wait on the outcome of Saturday's match between Germany and Brazil.

wait on (someone or something)

1. To serve a customer or patron. Is anyone waiting on table one?

2. To be awaiting someone or something in particular, and thus unable to proceed. I'm waiting on Carrie's response, so I don't have an answer to your question yet.

3. To visit someone in a formal show of respect. We must wait on the prince during his birthday festivities.

wait (up)on someone

Fig. to pay homage to someone. (Stilted.) Do you expect me to wait upon you like a member of some medieval court? She waited on her grown children as if they were gods and goddesses.

wait on

1. Also, wait upon. Serve, minister to, especially for personal needs or in a store or restaurant. For example, Guests at the Inn should not expect to be waited on-they can make their own beds and get their own breakfast . [Early 1500s]

2. Make a formal call on, as in They waited on the ambassador. [c. 1500]

3. Also, wait upon. Await, remain in readiness for, as in We're waiting on their decision to close the school. This usage, a synonym of wait for, dates from the late 1600s but in the mid-1800s began to be criticized by many authorities. However, by the late 1900s it had come into increasingly wider use and is again largely accepted.

wait on

or wait upon

1. To serve the needs of someone or something; be in attendance on someone or something: The clerk waited on a customer.

2. To await someone or something: They're waiting on my decision.

3. To make a formal call on someone; visit someone: We waited on the mourning widow to pay our respects.

词汇	wait on
释义	Idiom wait onwait on (someone) to serve someone. She waited on customers all day at the department store.He sits there in front of the TV and expects me to wait on him! Related vocabulary: wait on someone hand and foot Phr V wait on waits, waiting, waited wait on sb/sth mainly American to serve food and drink to someone in a restaurant or at a party The guests were waited on by a highly trained team of young staff.She waited on tables (= served meals as a job) to earn money while she was at college. American to wait until someone arrives or until something is available I'm not waiting on Rachel any longer - I'm going home. wait on sb American to sell goods to someone in a shop He's got a job waiting on customers in a large department store. wait on/upon sb to bring someone everything they want or need I'd like a maid to wait on me.Greg waited on me hand and foot (= brought me everything I wanted) while I was pregnant. wait on/upon sth to wait until you know the result of an activity or event before doing or deciding something The England team must wait on the outcome of Saturday's match between Germany and Brazil. phrasewait on1. wait on to bring someone everything they want or need: The princess was accustomed to being waited on by a team of maids and servants.wait on sb hand and foot (=bring someone everything they want, so that they do not need to do any work at all - often used humorously when saying that someone is lazy) My last boyfriend expected to be waited on hand and foot.■ SIMILAR TO: wait upon formal2. wait on sb especially AmE to serve food and drink to someone, especially in a restaurant: Tammy was waiting on a group of noisy teenagers.3. wait on sb AmE to sell goods to someone in a shop: For five years he waited on customers in the family grocery store.4. wait on to wait for a result or decision, especially before deciding what to do next: We're still waiting on the results of the blood test.■ SIMILAR TO: wait for, wait upon formal wait on (someone or something) 1. To serve a customer or patron. Is anyone waiting on table one? 2. To be awaiting someone or something in particular, and thus unable to proceed. I'm waiting on Carrie's response, so I don't have an answer to your question yet. 3. To visit someone in a formal show of respect. We must wait on the prince during his birthday festivities. wait (up)on someone Fig. to pay homage to someone. (Stilted.) Do you expect me to wait upon you like a member of some medieval court? She waited on her grown children as if they were gods and goddesses. wait on 1. Also, wait upon. Serve, minister to, especially for personal needs or in a store or restaurant. For example, Guests at the Inn should not expect to be waited on-they can make their own beds and get their own breakfast . [Early 1500s] 2. Make a formal call on, as in They waited on the ambassador. [c. 1500] 3. Also, wait upon. Await, remain in readiness for, as in We're waiting on their decision to close the school. This usage, a synonym of wait for, dates from the late 1600s but in the mid-1800s began to be criticized by many authorities. However, by the late 1900s it had come into increasingly wider use and is again largely accepted. wait on or wait upon v. 1. To serve the needs of someone or something; be in attendance on someone or something: The clerk waited on a customer. 2. To await someone or something: They're waiting on my decision. 3. To make a formal call on someone; visit someone: We waited on the mourning widow to pay our respects.
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