serve
- IPA[səːv]
英式
- perform duties or services for (another person or an organization)；provide (an area or group of people) with a product or service
- (in tennis and other racket sports) an act of hitting the ball or shuttlecock to start play；a reprimand
verb: serve, 3rd person present: serves, gerund or present participle: serving, past tense: served, past participle: served
noun: serve, plural noun: serves
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動詞
- 1. perform duties or services for (another person or an organization) Malcolm has served the church very faithfully 同義詞
- ▪ provide (an area or group of people) with a product or service a hospital which serves a large area of Wales
- ▪ be employed as a member of the armed forces he had hoped to serve with the Medical Corps
- ▪ spend (a period) in office, in an apprenticeship, or in prison he is serving a ten-year jail sentence 同義詞
- 2. present (food or drink) to someone they serve wine instead of beer serve white wines chilled 同義詞
- ▪ present (someone) with food or drink the cafe refused to serve him with the tea Peter served them generous portions of soup 同義詞
- ▪ (of food or drink) be enough for the recipe serves four people
- ▪ British attend to (a customer in a shop) she turned to serve the impatient customer 同義詞
- ▪ supply (goods) to a customer.
- ▪ act as a server at the celebration of the Eucharist.
- ▪ archaic play (a trick) on (someone) I remember the trick you served me
- 3. deliver (a document such as a summons or writ) in a formal manner to the person to whom it is addressed he said his lawyer would serve a writ to the multinational corporation within a week the court then issues the summons and serves it on your debtor
- ▪ deliver a document to (the addressee) in a formal manner they were just about to serve him with a writ when they served her a writ, she lit the fire with it 同義詞
- 4. be of use in achieving or satisfying this book will serve a useful purpose the union came into existence to serve the interests of musicians 同義詞
- ▪ be of some specified use the square now serves as the town's chief car park sweat serves to cool down the body 同義詞
- ▪ treat (someone) in a specified way Cornish homeowners wonder if they are being fairly served 同義詞
- ▪ (of a male breeding animal) copulate with (a female).
- 5. (in tennis and other racket sports) hit the ball or shuttlecock to begin play for each point of a game he tossed the ball up to serve serve the ball on to the front wall
- 6. bind (a rope) with thin cord to protect or strengthen it.
- 7. operate (a gun) before long Lodge was the only man in his section able to serve the guns
名詞
- 1. (in tennis and other racket sports) an act of hitting the ball or shuttlecock to start play he was let down by an erratic serve
- 2. Australian informal a reprimand he would be willing to give the country a serve in an English newspaper
- a quantity of food suitable for or served to one person: a large serving of spaghetti
Oxford American Dictionary
- a quantity of food suitable for or served to one person: a large serving of spaghetti
Oxford Dictionary
- win the final game of a set or match while serving
Oxford American Dictionary
- (in tennis and other racket sports) win a game in which one is serving
Oxford Dictionary
- present food or drink to someone
Oxford American Dictionary
- a type of smooth ice cream that has been whipped or aerated in a machine, from which it is ... a portion of pistachio soft serve soft-serve ice cream blended with salted caramel truffles
Oxford American Dictionary
- (in various sports) serve again.
Oxford Dictionary
- a type of smooth ice cream that has been whipped or aerated in a machine, from which it is ... a portion of pistachio soft serve soft-serve ice cream blended with salted caramel truffles
Oxford Dictionary
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- perform duties or services for (another person or an organization): Malcolm has served the church very faithfully
- (in tennis and other racket sports) an act of hitting the ball or shuttlecock to start play: he was let down by an erratic serve
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