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Attendant Wait 5491.Attendant 英 ə'Tend(ə)Nt]美 ə'Tɛndənt 释义 Adj

正面 5491.attendant
英 [ə'tend(ə)nt]美 [ə'tɛndənt]

背面
释义:
adj. 伴随的;侍候的n. 服务员,侍者;随员,陪从
例句:
1. Tony Williams was working as a car-park attendant in Los Angeles.托尼·威廉斯在洛杉矶的一个停车场当服务生。

1. at- "to" + tend- + -ant.2. literally "stretch toward".3. => give attention to, expect, wait for, pay attention, take care of, wait upon.4. The notion is of "stretching" one's mind toward something.

attendant (n.)1550s, "one who waits upon," from the adjective, or from Middle French atendant, noun use of present participle of atendre (see attend).attendant (adj.)late 14c., "solicitous, attentive," see attendant (n.). Sense of "serving under, accompanying in a dependant position" is from c. 1400."

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