C （男）侍者，（男）服务员 a person who serves food at the tables in a restaurant

　work as a ～　当服务员
　head ～　领班服务员
　～ at a restaurant　饭店的服务员
　～ upon Providence　不可靠的酒肉朋友

　The waiter announced Mr. and Mrs. Smith.　侍者通报史密斯夫妇驾到。
　Ask the waiter to bring the bill.　让侍者把账单拿来。
　The surly insolence of the waiters drove him into a rage, and he flung his serviette to the floor and stalked out of the restaurant.　侍者们粗暴无礼的行为使得他怒不可遏，他将餐巾扔到地上，愤然走出餐厅。
　He slipped the waiter five pounds to get them a good table.　他塞给侍者5英镑让他为他们安排一张位置好一点的桌子。
　He got work in a hotel as a waiter.　他在一家旅馆找到了当服务员的工作。
　Two waiters waited on us at dinner.　两位侍者服侍我们用餐。

　［同义词］ attendant, servant, steward
　［词源］　中古英语waiten（注视，守候）