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/ˈkeɪtərər/ · /ˈkeɪtərə/
A person or company that brings and serves food and drinks for a party, meeting, or other event.
外燴
複數 caterers
核心畫面
Picture the person on the other end of the phone once a hall is booked but nobody is going to cook: you agree a menu, and on the day they arrive with the food already prepared, set out the tables, serve everyone right through the event, then carry the empty trays away. A caterer neither owns the room nor hosts the party — they are hired to bring the eating and drinking to someone else's occasion.
可以想成場地訂好了、卻沒有人要下廚時，電話另一頭的那個人或那間公司：先跟你談好菜色，當天把做好的食物載過來，擺桌、整…更多收起
可以想成場地訂好了、卻沒有人要下廚時，電話另一頭的那個人或那間公司：先跟你談好菜色，當天把做好的食物載過來，擺桌、整場服務，結束後再把空盤子收走。caterer 不是場地的主人，也不是辦活動的人，而是被請來，替別人的場合把吃喝這件事整個扛起來的角色。原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
caterernoun/ˈkeɪtəɹɚ/
- 1
A person employed to obtain and maintain the storage of provisions, especially food.
- 1821 June 19, ”Peregrine,” The Traveller: Letter IV, in The Kaleidoscope; Or, Literary and Scientific Mirror, page 401, It was in vain that I petitioned, appealing to our caterer, if proofs of appetite were wanting; for sick men seldom have occasion for that important person′s services.
- “I say, Mr. Cribbage,” cried an old master′s-mate, to the caterer, who had entered shortly after the tea-kettles, and assumed his place at the end of the table, “what sort of stuff do you call this?”
- 2
A person or company hired to provide and serve food, usually for a large group and at a location separate from where the food is prepared.
- If so, you will probably sign a contract with a caterer months, maybe years, in advance and make a substantial down payment.
- 1994, John N. Ingham, Lynne B. Feldman, Dutrieuille, Peter Albert (1838—1916) and Albert E. Dutrieuille (July 26, 1877—April 25, 1974), entry in African-American Business Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary, page 225, From a family of French West African descent, Albert Dutrieuille was the last of the great African-American caterers in Philadelphia.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。