wait on

动词 v.

中文释义

英 /ˈweɪt ˌɒn/ 美 /ˈweɪt ˌɑn/

英文释义

动词 v.

To provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.

— Is someone waiting on you yet?
To wait for (a person). colloquial

— I'm waiting on you before we can leave.
To wait for (a thing, or an event to take place). colloquial

— I'm waiting on the light to change.
To be in store for (someone).

— the destruction that waits on Monarchs, who consider fidelity to them as the most degrading of all vices
To visit (someone) as a courtesy, on business or for ceremony. archaic

— In the Evening our Commander sent a Message to Mr. Jones, that if a Visit would not be troublesome he would wait on him.
To occur as a consequence of (something), to result from (something). archaic

— that ruine which waits upon such a supine temper
To carry out or perform (a duty, function, etc.). archaic

— Aaron and his sons […] shall wait on their priest’s office:
To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung.
To court (someone). US,archaic,colloquial
To obey and pay attention to (someone); to follow (a leader); to attend to (someone); to be subject to (someone). archaic

waits on present,singular,third-person waiting on participle,present waited on participle,past waited on past wait upon alternative