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单词 hot desk
释义 hot desk, n. orig. and chiefly Brit.
Brit. |ˈhɒt dɛsk|, U.S. |ˈhɑt ˌdɛsk|
[‹ hot adj. + desk n. Compare slightly later hot-desk v. hot-desking n.]
A shared office desk or workstation, occupied on a temporary, ad hoc basis or part-time basis, and not allocated permanently to an individual. Cf. hotbed n. 3.
1990Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 16 Apr. (Metro West section) b2/6 We've been playing hot desks... When someone needed a desk, they would just sit down wherever there was one that wasn't being used.1992Times 18 Nov. 35/1 In facilities management, a basic concept is often given several names. Some in the industry will talk of ‘hot desks’ or the ‘virtual office’, others of ‘free address’ and timesharing.1995Daily Tel. 30 Jan. 28/4 The current hot topic in management is the hot office or hot desk. It is a neat and sensible idea that had a brief popularity back in the 1970s when I called it the virtual office.1999Personal Computer World Feb. 72 Once they find a ‘hot desk’ to sit at, they can drop it into its stylish holster and use it to chat to their mates or business contacts.
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