| 单词 | wait on |
| 释义 | wait onSEE SYNONYMS FOR wait on ON THESAURUS.COM verb (intr, preposition)to serve at the table of to act as an attendant or servant to archaic to visit interjectionAustralian and NZ stop! hold on! Also (for senses 1, 2, 3): wait upon Words nearby wait onwaiting in the wings, waiting list, waiting period, waiting room, waitlist, wait on, wait on hand and foot, wait out, waitperson, waitress, waitressing Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with wait onwait on 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] Make a formal call on, as in They waited on the ambassador. [c. 1500] 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. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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