serve
中文来自 ECDICT
- vt.
- 可作...用，服务，经历，招待，供应，送交，对待
- vi.
- 服务，服役，侍应，适合，有用，开球
- n.
- 发球，轮到发球
演变路径（由近及远）
原始词根
原始印欧语 *ser-
词源说明
From Middle English serven, from Old French servir, from Latin serviō (“be a slave; serve”), from Latin servus (“slave; servant”), which perhaps derives from Etruscan (compare Etruscan proper names 𐌔𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌉 (servi), 𐌔𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌄 (serve)), or from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“watch over, protect”).
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (personal) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).
- (transitive, archaic) To treat (someone) in a given manner. [from 13th c.]
- (transitive, archaic) To be suitor to; to be the lover of. [from 14th c.]
- To be effective.
- (transitive, law) To deliver a document in such a way that the recipient can be legally considered to be informed of it.
- (transitive, intransitive, sports) To lead off with the first delivery over the net