cater是什么意思_cater怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

cater: cater: [16] Cater is related to French acheter ‘buy’, and originally meant ‘buy provisions’. It comes ultimately from Vulgar Latin *accaptāre, a compound verb formed from the Latin prefix ad- ‘to’ and the verb captāre ‘try to seize’ (source of English catch and chase). This provided the basis for the Anglo-Norman agent noun acatour ‘buyer, purveyor’, which gave English the now obsolete acater.

Losing its a-, this became cater, which until the early 17th century was the word for what we would now call a ‘caterer’. At around the same time cater began to be used as a verb; the first known example of this is in Shakespeare’s As You Like It II, iii: ‘He that doth the ravens feed, yea providently caters for the sparrow’.
=> capture, catch, chase
cater (v.): "provide food for," c. 1600, from Middle English catour (n.) "buyer of provisions" (c. 1400; late 13c. as a surname), a shortening of Anglo-French achatour "buyer" (Old North French acatour, Old French achatour, 13c., Modern French acheteur), from Old French achater "to buy," originally "to buy provisions," perhaps from Vulgar Latin *accaptare, from Latin ad- "to" + captare "to take, hold," frequentative of capere "to take" (see capable).

Or else from Vulgar Latin *accapitare "to add to one"s capital," with second element from verbal stem of Latin caput (genitive capitis); see capital (adj.). Figuratively from 1650s. Related: Catered; catering.

词态变化

第三人称单数 caters;
过去式 catered;
过去分词 catered;
现在分词 catering;

权威造句

1. The chef is pleased to cater for vegetarian diets.: 厨师非常乐意为客人做素食。

2. Nunsmere Hall can cater for receptions of up to 300 people.: 纳恩斯米尔酒店最多可以同时接待300人。

3. They maintain a database of hotels that cater for businesswomen.: 他们维护着一个服务于商界女性的酒店资料库。

4. Does the school cater for all abilities?: 学校能够做到因材施教吗？

5. Does he cater parties too?: 他也承办派对的饮食吗？

近反义词

provide 供给

serve 服务

supply 供应

coddle 娇养

indulge 迁就

pamper 纵容

spoil 宠坏

oblige 迫使

outfit 配备

furnish 布置

accommodate 供给住宿

gratify 使满足

satisfy 使满意

make provision 预作安排,为未来作打算...

tailor 裁缝

offer 提供

provide for 供给

provision 食品

ply 一层

相似短语

cater for 为…承办伙食;满足,投合,迎合;筹集准备好(养老金)

cater to v. 供应伙食,迎合

cater to... 满足...的需要；迎合

cater to the need of 迎合...的需要

cater angle (自动车的) 后倾角

cater to public needs 迎合大众需要

It is difficult to cater for all tastes. 众口难调

electric cater pillar crane 电动履带起重机

单词分析

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记忆方法

1. catch => cater => "catch one"s need or desire".
2. 谐音“给他”。
3. cate 谐音“啃它” => cater.
4. cat猫，er拼：耳。猫耳朵是一种北京小吃，但是迎合了很多人的胃口。
5. => "provide food for"

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