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单词 maître d'hôtel
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Definition of maître d'hôtel in English:

maître d'hôtel

(also maître d')
nounPlural maîtres d'hôtel, Plural maître d's mɛtʀ dotɛlˌmeɪtrə dəʊˈtɛlˌmeɪtrə ˌdoʊˈtɛl
  • 1The head waiter of a restaurant.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Spector dropped large tips, $100 or more each, to waiters, bartenders, maître d's and other service-industry friends who comped his drinks.
    • It was a time when players played for the love of the game, working as maître d's and salesmen and pipe-fitters in the off season to put food on the table.
    • Queen of maître d's, Elena Salvoni, 87, has served everyone from Princess Diana to Sean Connery.
    • The maître d's also have to keep up with who has dined at Nobu recently.
    • No one works a room like Ralph Fredericks, the flamboyant maître d' who keeps the mood light at the new Famoso.
    Synonyms
    server, waitress, stewardess, steward, attendant
    1. 1.1 The manager of a hotel.

Origin

Mid 16th century: French, literally 'master of (the) house'.

Rhymes

Adele, Aix-la-Chapelle, aquarelle, artel, au naturel, bagatelle, béchamel, befell, bell, belle, boatel, Brunel, Cadell, carousel, cartel, cell, Chanel, chanterelle, clientele, Clonmel, compel, Cornell, crime passionnel, dell, demoiselle, dispel, dwell, el, ell, Estelle, excel, expel, farewell, fell, Fidel, fontanelle, foretell, Gabrielle, gazelle, gel, Giselle, hell, hotel, impel, knell, lapel, mademoiselle, Manuel, marcel, matériel, mesdemoiselles, Michel, Michelle, Miguel, misspell, morel, moschatel, Moselle, motel, muscatel, nacelle, Nell, Nobel, Noel, organelle, outsell, Parnell, pell-mell, personnel, propel, quell, quenelle, rappel, Raquel, Ravel, rebel, repel, Rochelle, Sahel, sardelle, sell, shell, show-and-tell, smell, Snell, spell, spinel, swell, tell, undersell, vielle, villanelle, well, yell
 
 

Definition of maître d'hôtel in US English:

maître d'hôtel

(also maître d')
nounˌmeɪtrə ˌdoʊˈtɛlˌmātrə ˌdōˈtel
  • 1The person in a restaurant who oversees the waitpersons and busboys, and who typically handles reservations.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The maître d's also have to keep up with who has dined at Nobu recently.
    • No one works a room like Ralph Fredericks, the flamboyant maître d' who keeps the mood light at the new Famoso.
    • Spector dropped large tips, $100 or more each, to waiters, bartenders, maître d's and other service-industry friends who comped his drinks.
    • Queen of maître d's, Elena Salvoni, 87, has served everyone from Princess Diana to Sean Connery.
    • It was a time when players played for the love of the game, working as maître d's and salesmen and pipe-fitters in the off season to put food on the table.
    Synonyms
    server, waitress, stewardess, steward, attendant
    1. 1.1 The manager of a hotel.

Origin

Mid 16th century: French, literally ‘master of (the) house’.

 
 
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