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词汇 dumb-waiter
释义 dumb waiter
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌdʌm ˈweɪ.tər/ us /ˌdʌm ˈweɪ.t̬ɚ/
a small lift(= device used to move things from one level of a building to another) used especially in restaurants to bring food from the kitchen(尤指饭店中将食物从厨房送到不同楼层的)升降架
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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Examples from literature

Each had a dumb waiter and a little bell to call the servants when they were wanted. 
We might have gas-light, you know, and all our food could be brought down on a dumb waiter. 
What makes them call it a dumb waiter? asked Sue. 
You see he is visiting me, and he had never seen a dumb waiter before. 
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