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ca·ter AHD[kāʹtər] D.J.[ˈkeɪtə]K.K.[ˈketɚ]v.(动词)ca.tered, ca.ter.ing, ca.ters v.intr.(不及物动词)- To provide food or entertainment.提供食物或娱乐
- To be particularly attentive or solicitous; minister:特别伺候:特别注意或关心;服伺:The nurses catered to my every need. The legislation catered to various special interest groups.护士们照顾到我的一切需要。立法兼顾了各种特殊利益群体
v.tr.(及物动词)- To provide food service for:供应食品:为…提供食品服务:a business that caters banquets and weddings.为宴会和婚礼提供食品的服务业
- To attend to the wants or needs of.迎合:照顾…的需求或需要
- From obsolete cater [a buyer of provisions] 源自 废语 cater [购买食物的人]
- from Middle English catour 源自 中古英语 catour
- short for acatour acatour的简写
- from Norman French 源自 诺曼法语
- from acater [to buy] 源自 acater [买]
- from Vulgar Latin *accaptāre 源自 俗拉丁语 *accaptāre
- Latin ad- [ad-] 拉丁语 ad- [前缀,表“运动,变化,邻近,添加”]
- Latin captāre [to chase] * see catch 拉丁语 captāre [追赶] * 参见 catch
caʹterer n.(名词) |