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serve 中文

EN[sɜːv]
US
动服务, 担任(职务)
A jump serve in a game of volleyball
  • 名词 (Noun)PLserves
    1. (sports) An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.
      1. Whose serve is it?
    2. (chiefly Australia) A portion of food or drink, a serving.
    3. 动词 (Verb)SGservesPRservingPT, PPserved
      1. (heading, personal) To provide a service.
        1. And yet this is not the office of a Priest, but of Him whom the Priest should serve.
        2. And, truly, Mrs Abigail, I must needs say, I served my master contentedly while he was living, but I will serve no man living (that is, no man that is not living) without double wages.
        3. That night Annie served him grilled halibut and English peas, plus tomatoes, of course, and a salad.
        4. They also serve who only stand and wait.
        5. About twenty minutes after waiters served the soup, a guest got up and left.
      2. VT (archaic) To treat (someone) in a given manner.
        1. VT (archaic) To be suitor to; to be the lover of.
          1. (heading) To be effective.
            1. So, while the sycophantic liberal media calls any and all opposition to Obama racist, they give Obama carte blanche to exploit his race whenever it serves his purpose.
            2. The bust also served to remind the public that the Mafia is not harmless.
            3. Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.  [ …] . Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
          2. (heading, transitive, law) To deliver a document.
            1. On the morning of February 28, 1993, ATF agents gathered at a staging area near Waco and prepared to serve a search warrant on the Branch Davidians' residence.
            2. to serve a witness with a subpoena ‎
          3. VT VI (sports) To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
            1. VT To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
              1. VI To be in military service.
                1. VT (military) To work, to operate (a weapon).
                  1. VT To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
                    1. (nautical) To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
                    2. 更多范例
                      1. 用于句中
                        • The recent tragedy only served to reaffirm his faith.
                        • The ANOVA analysis did not reveal any differences (F 2,12 = 3.44, p = .066) between genotypes in the level of a nonamidated peptide [ …] that served as an internal control.
                        • In Amerikkka, this movement is evident from efforts to control the institutions serving and located within Black communities.
                      2. 用于句首
                        • Served a little to disedge / The sharpness of that pain about her heart. — Tennyson.
                        • Served throughout the meal are sherries, red wines, champagnes, and brandies.
                        • Serving God with one hand and the devil with the other is a style of both-handedness from which we may well pray to be saved.
                      3. 用于句尾
                        • The defendant was not innocent, but he was let go with time served.
                        • The group tends to slant its policies in favor of the big businesses it serves.

                    Meaning of serve for the defined word.

                    在语法上，这个单字"serve"是一个名词，更具体地来说，是一个可数名词。它同时也是一个动词，更具体地来说，是一个不及物动词和一个及物动词。
                    • 词类阶层 (Part-of-Speech Hierarchy)
                      1. 名词
                        • 可数名词
                        • 动词
                          • 不及物动词
                            • 及物动词
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