单词 | to wait at table |
释义 | > as lemmasto wait at table b. To serve as an attendant at table; to hand food and drink to persons at a meal. to wait at table (cf. to wait on or upon —— 10 at Phrasal verbs), †to wait at a trencher. ΘΚΠ 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 1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 36v Yee and ich can, if neede be than, waight at the table well. 1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 36v Where ich did waite, at euerye baite. c1592 in Nugæ Antiquæ (1779) II. 267 Item, That no man waite at the table without a trencher in his hand. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 167 The king called unto his page that waited at his trencher. a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) i. ii. 90 These gentlemen seruants waite with their hatts on, and sett at their masters table, both at home and abroad where their masters are invited. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. ii. 8 Joey was now preferred from the Stable to attend on his Lady; to..wait at her Tea-table [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice III. v. 99 She had not prudence enough to hold her tongue before the servants, while they waited at table. View more context for this quotation 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House iv. 29 The young woman with the flannel bandage waited, and dropped everything on the table wherever it happened to go. 1905 E. T. Thurston Traffic v. iv ‘Is she a musician then [at the restaurant]?’ asked Mr. Puckle. ‘No—she waited.’ < as lemmas |
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