cater
verb [intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they cater | |
he / she / it caters | |
past simple catered | |
past participle catered | |
-ing form catering |
to provide food and drinks for a social event (为社交活动)提供饮食,承办餐宴 - (British English) cater for somebody/something
Most of our work now involves catering for weddings. 我们现在的工作多半是承办婚宴。 - (British and North American English) cater something
Who will be catering the wedding? 谁来承办婚宴?
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from obsolete cater ‘caterer’, from Old French acateor ‘buyer’, from acater,achater ‘buy’, based on Latin captare ‘seize’, from capere ‘take’.- (British English) cater for somebody/something