wait on

給仕する、世話をする

食事を運ぶなどして、人の必要に応じて世話をする。

やさしい英語で： To serve someone, for example by bringing food or doing things they need.

• Who is waiting on that customer?
• She waited on guests at the hotel.
• I cannot wait on you all day.

使い方： wait on someone (Two waiters waited on our table.)

類義語： serve, attend to

よく使う表現： wait on someone, wait on customers

待つ

相手が来る、または準備ができるまで待つ。

やさしい英語で： To stay until someone arrives or is ready.

• We are waiting on you.
• They waited on their brother before leaving.
• Are you still waiting on the driver?

使い方： wait on someone to do something (We are waiting on Sam to finish packing.)

類義語： wait for, await

よく使う表現： wait on someone, wait on everyone

待つ

物が届く、または出来事が起こるまで待ったり行動を延ばしたりする。

やさしい英語で： To stay or delay doing something until a thing arrives or an event happens.

• We are waiting on the results.
• She waited on a reply for days.
• Are they still waiting on their delivery?

使い方： wait on something (We are waiting on approval for the project.); wait on something to do something (They waited on the light to change.)

類義語： wait for, await

よく使う表現： wait on results, wait on approval

待ち受ける

ある人が将来経験する出来事や状況として待ち受けている。

やさしい英語で： To be something that a person will experience in the future.

• Trouble waits on the traveler ahead.
• Great hardship waited on them in the distant city.
• They wondered what fate would wait on them there.

使い方： something waits on someone (Hardship waited on the travelers beyond the mountains.)

類義語： await, lie ahead of

よく使う表現： wait on someone, wait on the traveler

獲物を待って上空を旋回する

狩りの鳥が、獲物が現れるまで飼い主の上空を飛ぶ。

やさしい英語で： For a hunting bird, to fly above its handler until an animal appears below.

• The falcon waits on above its handler.
• The hawk waited on until the rabbit appeared.
• A trained bird will wait on while the falconer walks.

類義語： hover

よく使う表現： wait on overhead, wait on patiently