"wait on" 怎么发音

expression

US

ˈweɪt/ /ˈɑn/, /ˈɔn

WAYT-awn or WAYT-ahn

UK

wˈeɪt/ /ˈɒn

WAYT-on

释义

To serve someone, especially in a restaurant, or to wait for something to happen. In some contexts, it means serving customers; in others, it means waiting for something or someone.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈweɪt/ /ˈɑn/, /ˈɔn

英式英语

wˈeɪt/ /ˈɒn

简化发音

美式

WAYT-awn or WAYT-ahn

英式

WAYT-on

语境中听

The waitress will wait on us soon.

He had to wait on his friends at the airport.

She likes to wait on the elderly at the care home.

I've been waiting on a call from the doctor all day.