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Drawer Piece Kitchen Desk Furniture Things Open Opened

A "drawer" is a box-shaped part of a piece of furniture, such as a desk or chest, designed for storage and pulled out to open. In older or formal contexts, "drawers" can also refer to women's underpants.

英语

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/drɔ͟ːə(r)/
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]抽屉 A drawer is part of a desk, chest, or other piece of furniture that is shaped like a box and is designed for putting things in. You pull it towards you to open it.
  • He opened a drawer in his writing-table.

    他打开了写字台的一个抽屉。

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[N-PLURAL 复数名词](尤指女式)内裤 Drawers are underpants, especially ones worn by women.
  [also a pair of N]
  [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
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    See also:
    chest of drawers

      Oxford drawer noun 1 / drɔː(r) ; NAmE drɔːr / a part of a piece of furniture such as a desk, used for keeping things in. It is shaped like a box and has a handle on the front for pulling it out. 抽屉 in the top/middle/bottom drawerof the desk 写字枱的上层╱中层╱下层抽屉 see also
      chest of drawers
      ,
      top drawer
      2 / ˈdrɔːə(r) ; NAmE ˈdrɔːər / ( formal) a person who writes a cheque 开票人;出票人 drawer drawers
      drawer / drɔː(r) ; NAmE drɔːr /
      LDC
      drawerdrawer /drɔː $ drɒːr/ ●●● S3 noun [countable]
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      1drawer (1)part of a piece of furniture, such as a desk, that you pull out and push in and use to keep things in:  She took a file from her desk drawer. The scissors are in the kitchen drawer (=drawer in a piece of kitchen furniture).top/bottom/right-hand/left-hand drawer He opened the top drawer of his desk, and took out a brown envelope.sock/cutlery drawer (=one for keeping socks, or knives, forks etc in)
      bottom drawer
      , chest of drawers
      , top-drawer
      2drawers [plural] old-fashioned underwear that women and girls wear between their waist and the tops of their legs SYN  knickersCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + drawerthe top/bottom/middle drawer· He opened the bottom drawer and got out a T-shirt.a desk/table/dresser etc drawer· The passports are in my desk drawer.a kitchen drawer (=in a piece of kitchen furniture)· There's some string in that kitchen drawer.a sock/underwear/cutlery etc drawer (=containing socks, underwear etc)· He hid the gun in his sock drawer.the right-hand/left-hand drawer· Have you looked in the left-hand drawer?verbsopen a drawer· Jonathan opened the drawer and took out a fork.pull open/pull out a drawer (=open it)· He pulled open drawers until he found the papers.close/shut a drawer· She shut the drawer and locked it with a small key.go through/look through/search through drawers (=try to find something by looking in drawers)· I've been through all my drawers and I can't find it.rummage/rifle through drawers (=search in them by moving things around in an untidy way)· Someone had been in my bedroom and rummaged through my drawers.
      WDF

      drawer

      [drɔ:(r)]

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      drawers[3237]
      抽屉(93%),出票人(5%),制图员(1%),拖曳者(1%)
      n.抽屉;开票人;出票人;起草者;酒馆侍
      n.n.(德)德拉韦尔(人名)

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