waitressing
waitressing — 名詞
1. the type of paid work in which you serve food and drinks to people sitting at ta
服務生工作
在餐廳為客人上菜、點餐的工作
the type of paid work in which you serve food and drinks to people sitting at tables in a restaurant, cafe, or bar, take their orders, and bring them the bill when they have finished
Tamás took a waitressing job at a busy seaside cafe last summer.
Tamás 去年夏天在一間繁忙的海邊咖啡廳找到了一份服務生工作。
collocation: took a waitressing job
After two years of waitressing, Ari knew how to handle even the most difficult customers.
做了兩年服務生之後，Ari 知道該如何應付最難纏的客人。
pattern: after [time period] of waitressing — time expression
The waitressing work at the Grand Hotel was exhausting, but the tips were generous.
在大飯店做服務生工作雖然很累，但小費給得很慷慨。
Hamza said waitressing taught him more about people than any office job ever did.
Hamza 說，當服務生讓他對人性的了解，遠超過任何辦公室工作。
- serving
more general; can refer to serving food in any setting including canteens, not just table service
- waiting tables
gender-neutral phrase meaning the same thing, common in American English
文法句型
do + waitressing
work in + waitressing
用法筆記
Waitressing is an uncountable noun, so you cannot say 'a waitressing' on its own. Instead use phrases like 'a waitressing job', 'do waitressing', or 'work in waitressing'.