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单词

waitress

读音
ˈweɪtrəs
美式
英式
词根

英文单词 "waitress" 大致上可以分为 "wait" 和 "ress" 两部分。“Wait” 是等候的意思,"ress"是描述女性的后缀,如:princess (公主), actress (女演员)。所以 "waitress" 可以定义为等待服务的女性。

释义

n. 女服务员;女侍者 vi. 做女服务生 [ 复数 waitresses 第三人称单数 waitresses 现在分词 waitressing 过去式 waitressed 过去分词 waitressed ]

例句

She took a job as a waitress.
她找了个工作,当服务员。
I would cut out the bit about working as a waitress.
我想删掉有关做女服务员的那段工作经历。
Sometimes they tell me I'm just a glorified waitress.
有时候他们告诉我说我不过是个头衔被美化了的女招待。

强化记忆

想象一个场景:一个女服务员(waitress)在等待(wait)顾客点餐。这样通过场景联想,可以帮助你记住这个单词。"Waitress" 这个词在英语中最早出现在1703年,作为 "waitor" 的女性形式("waitor" 现在已经不再使用,已经被 "waiter" 取代)。在美国,尤其是在小城镇,餐厅的男女服务员向顾客提供服务是非常普遍的现象。

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because putting a human into the world is messy.A waitress told me,"With my first baby, I was back at work five weeks postpartum.
and Emerson is a toddler who inexplicably refers to everyone as "honey."as though she's a Southern waitress.(Laughter)
I found myself identifying all over againwith that unpublished young diner waitresswho I used to be, thinking about her constantly,
It's about me not using that straw,going to a restaurant and telling the waitress,"Excuse me, I don't want a plastic straw, because --"
where I imagined that I am taking a role in a film,and in the film I am a waitress,and I need to act great.
所属分类

大学,专升本-自考,专四专八,其他

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