A busboy is a restaurant worker whose job is to clear tables: take away dirty plates, glasses, and leftover food, wipe the table, and get it ready for the next guests. The waiter takes the order and brings the food; the busboy does the clearing and the small carrying jobs.

A busboy是一種 restaurant worker餐廳工作人員 whose job is職責是 to clear tables清理桌面: take away拿走 dirty plates用過的盤子, glasses杯子, and leftover food和剩菜, wipe擦 the table桌子, and get it ready準備好 for the next guests讓下一批客人使用. The waiter服務生 takes the order負責點餐 and brings the food和上菜; the busboy則 does the clearing負責清理 and the small carrying jobs和搬運的小工作.

You will hear this word most in American English.

this word這個字, you你 most最常 will會 in American English在美式英語裡 hear聽到.

Though actually, it is not always a boy, and not always young — women do this job too.

Though actually不過事實上, it is not always a boy這份工作不一定是男生做的, and not always young也不一定年輕 — women do this job too女生也做這行.

Many restaurants now say busser, which does not point at gender, because “boy” in old job titles can sound as if you are talking down to the worker. The job is real work, but it is often a starter job, and the old name can feel a bit rough.

Many restaurants now現在很多餐廳 say會說 busser這個新詞, which does not point at gender不涉及性別, because因為 "boy" in old job titles舊職稱裡的boy一字 can sound聽起來 as if像是 you are talking down to the worker在看輕這位員工. The job is real work這份工作是貨真價實的工作, but it is often a starter job但常常是入門工作, and the old name舊名字 can feel a bit rough聽起來會有點刺耳.

As a verb, to bus a table means to clear it.

As a verb當動詞用的時候, to bus a table這個說法 means意思是 to clear it把桌子清乾淨.

The first half is a short form of an old word, omnibus, once used for a helper who did many small jobs — the same “for all” Latin word that also gave us the bus you ride. So the restaurant bus and the vehicle bus are cousins, which surprises people.

The first half前半部 is a short form of an old word是舊字的簡短形式, omnibus這個字 once used for a helper曾經用來指一位幫手 who did many small jobs做很多雜事的 — the same "for all" Latin word也就是「給所有人」這個拉丁字 that also gave us後來也造就了 the bus you ride我們搭的公車. So所以 the restaurant bus餐廳裡的bus and the vehicle bus和交通工具的bus are cousins是表親, which surprises people這讓人很驚訝.