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单词 wait on someone/something
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wait onsomeone/something

phrasal verbwithwaitverb[I]
uk
/weɪt/us
/weɪt/
mainlyUS
toservefoodanddrink,especiallytocustomersin arestaurant:
Thestaffwhowaitedon us atdinnerwereexcellent.
Shewaitedontables(=servedmealsas ajob)toearnsomeextramoney.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Providing & serving meals
  • cakeage
  • cater
  • catering
  • dish
  • dish(something)up
  • dishsomethingout
  • gourmet
  • honour
  • ladle
  • place
  • plate
  • platesomethingup
  • replate
  • rustle
  • rustlesomethingup
  • serve
  • table
  • wait
  • wait at table(s)idiom
  • whipsomethingup
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wait onsomeone

phrasal verbwithwaitverb[I]
uk
/weɪt/us
/weɪt/
to do everything for someone so that thatpersondoes not have to do anything for himself or herself:
While she waspregnant, herhusbandwaitedon herhandandfoot(= did everything for her).
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Helping and co-operating
  • a good/bad turnidiom
  • abet
  • accommodative
  • aid
  • any port in a stormidiom
  • assist
  • assistance
  • bridge
  • carry
  • facilitation
  • givesomeonea leg upidiom
  • give/lendsomeonea helping handidiom
  • go a long way toward(s) doingsomethingidiom
  • platform
  • run errandsidiom
  • share a platformidiom
  • solid
  • start(something)off
  • succour
  • supportively
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wait onsomething

phrasal verbwithwaitverb[I]
uk
/weɪt/us
/weɪt/
formal
towaituntil youknowtheresultof anactivitybefore doing ordecidingsomething:
Thelawyersarewaitingon the jury'sverdict.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Waiting
  • await
  • backlogged
  • breath
  • hang
  • hang around
  • hang on
  • hover
  • loiter
  • lounge
  • lurking
  • mark timeidiom
  • mill
  • mill around
  • time and tide wait for no manidiom
  • twiddle
  • twiddleyourthumbsidiom
  • wait
  • wait and seeidiom
  • wait around
  • waiting room
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(Definition ofwait on someone/somethingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

wait on someone| American Dictionary

wait onsomeone

idiom
toservesomeone:
Shewaitedoncustomersalldayat thedepartmentstore.
(Definition ofwait on someonefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/wait-on##
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