- 1nB1/ˈkeɪtərər/ · /ˈkeɪtərə/外燴
A person or company that brings and serves food and drinks for a party, meeting, or other event.
示範例句 · Example
Mum called a caterer to bring lunch for Grandma's birthday party.
逐字媽媽打給一位外燴，請他為奶奶的生日派對帶午餐來。
「caterer」指「為派對、會議等活動準備並供應飲食的人（或公司）」。台灣常說「外燴」：不是你去餐廳吃，是對方把餐點帶到你家、學校或活動場地。核心畫面可以想成「把吃的喝的送到現場的人／業者」。跟 chef 比：chef 多在廚房掌廚；caterer 負責整場活動的飲食安排。動詞是 cater（承辦飲食），服務本身常叫 catering。
常見搭配
hire a caterer
請／雇用外燴
to pay a person or company to provide food for an event
The family hired a caterer for the class party.
call a caterer
打電話給外燴
to phone a caterer to ask about food for an event
Mei called a caterer to ask about fruit plates.
an outside caterer
外部／外面請的外燴
a caterer who is not part of the place holding the event
The office used an outside caterer for the meeting snacks.
a professional caterer
專業外燴
a caterer who does this work as their job
They needed a professional caterer for 100 guests.
ask the caterer
問外燴
to ask the caterer a question about food, cost, or place
Ask the caterer if the menu has vegetarian options.
cost per person
每人份費用
how much the caterer charges for each guest
The caterer needs numbers to set a fair cost per person.
意思相近
food servicebanquet serviceevent cook
core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.
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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.
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