| 词组 | serve |
| 释义 | serve verb 1 to insult someone in a semi-formal quasi-friendly competition. After 'serve' (a criticism) AUSTRALIA, 2000. 2 to humiliate someone; to hit someone US, 1989. 3 to sell drugs to someone US, 1990. 4 in card games, to deal US, 1988.► serve you right; serves you rightused as an expression of satisfaction that you have got your just deserts UK, 1837 serve as/for serve as/for sth to be used instead of something when nothing more suitable is available: There was an upturned box in the middle of the room that served as a table. The prisoners slept on wooden benches, and a hole in the floor served for a toilet.■ SIMILAR TO: do as/for serve on 1. serve on sth if you serve on a committee or council, you are a member of it: She serves on the board of the Colorado Women's Economic Development Council. Alaman served on several financial committees, and is often called upon to give advice.2. serve sth on sb to officially give or send someone a written order to appear in a court of law: A court order had already been served on the debtor. On Sunday morning federal agents tried to serve arrest warrants on Koresh for firearms offences. serve out 1. serve out sth • serve sth out to continue doing something, until the end of a fixed period of time, especially the period of being a leader or being in prison: The Hong Kong authorities many allow Stuchiner to serve out the remainder of his 10 year prison sentence in the US. Many people believed that Roosevelt was too ill to serve out his four-year term as President.2. serve out sth • serve sth out BrE to put food onto plates so that people can eat it: We all sat round the table, and Patsy served out the stew.■ SIMILAR TO: dish out serve up 1. serve up sth • serve sth up if a restaurant serves up a particular type of food, it offers that food to its customers - used especially in newspapers and books about restaurants: Cafe Miranda serves up a wide range of seafood dishes, with a Mediterranean style flavor.2. serve up sth • serve sth up to put food onto plates so that people can eat it: Do you want me to serve up the vegetables?■ SIMILAR TO: dish up, dish out3. serve up sth to provide something as entertainment: a new TV channel serving up 24 hour sports coverage newspapers that serve up a daily diet of gossip, murder, and human suffering■ SIMILAR TO: provide, dish up informal
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