serve怎么读什么意思（英语单词serve在线中文翻译和来源）

serve 英 [sɜːv]美 [sɝv]

基本解释

vt. 招待，供应；为…服务；对…有用；可作…用

vi. 服役，服务；适合，足够；发球；招待，侍候

n. 发球，轮到发球

n. (Serve)人名；(法)塞尔夫

中文词源

serve 服务，服侍，接待，履行义务，尽职责

来自拉丁语 servire,服务，服侍，来自 servus,奴隶，仆人，可能来自*ser,连接，排列，词源 同 series,serial.引申诸相关词义。

英文词源

serve

serve: [13] Latin servus ‘slave’ has been a rich source of English vocabulary. It is the direct ancestor of serf [15] (and of the second syllable of concierge [17]). but it is its derivatives that have **de the most numerous contributions. From the verb servīre ‘serve’ come deserve, dessert, sergeant, servant [13], serve, and serviette [15] (but not, despite the similarity, conserve, observe, preserve, reserve, etc, which go back to the unrelated Latin servāre ‘keep, protect’). Servītium ‘slavery’ has provided service [12] and its derivative serviceable [14], while from servīlis ‘slavish’ comes servile [14].
=> concierge, deserve, dessert, serf, serviette, servile

serve (v.)

late 12c., "to render habitual obe***nce to," also "minister, give aid, give help," from Old French servir "to do duty toward, show devotion to; set table, serve at table; offer, provide with," from Latin servire "be a servant, be in service, be enslaved;" figuratively "be devoted; be governed by; comply with; conform; flatter," originally "be a slave," related to servus "slave," perhaps from Etruscan (compare Etruscan proper n**es Servi, Serve, Latinized as Servius).

By c. 1200 also as "to be in the service of, perform a service for; attend upon, be personal servant to; be a slave; owe allegiance to; officiate at Mass or other religious rites;" from early 13c. as "set food at table;" mid-14c. as "to wait on (cus***ers)." From late 14c. as "treat (someone or something) in some fashion." To serve (someone) right "to treat as he deserves" is recorded from 1580s.

He no schuld neuer wond
To seruen him fro fot to hond
["Amis and Amiloun," c. 1330]

Sense of "be useful, be beneficial, be suitable for a purpose or function" is from early 14c.; that of "take the place or meet the needs of, be equal to the task" is from late 14c.; that of "suffice" is from mid-15c. Meaning "render active military service" is from 1510s. Sporting sense, in tennis, badminton, etc., first recorded 1580s. Legal sense "present" (a writ, warrant,etc.), "give legal notice of" is from early 15c.

serve (n.)

1680s, in sports (tennis, etc.), from serve (v.).

双语例句

1. Serve the cake warm or at room temperature, cut in squares.

等蛋糕温热或凉至室温时切成四方块端上桌。

2. The holes were sufficiently large to serve as nests.

这些洞作**足够大。

3. Remove from the heat, a the parsley, toss and serve at once.

端离炉子，加上欧芹，颠起翻面后就立刻上桌。

4. There are only 35 staff to serve 30,000-plus cus***ers.

只有35名员工，却要为3万多顾客服务。

5. The landlord refused to serve him because he considered him too drunk.

酒吧老板觉得他已经喝多了，拒绝再给他添酒。