资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cater \Ca"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Catered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Catering}.] [From {Cater}, n.]
   1. To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions.

            [He] providently caters for the sparrow. --Shak.

   2. By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at
      theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for
      or to.