单词 | case furniture |
释义 | > as lemmascase furniture case furniture n. (a) display cases regarded collectively (rare); (b) chiefly U.S. wooden furniture designed for storage, such as cupboards, chests of drawers, etc. ΚΠ 1884 M. Browne Pract. Taxidermy (ed. 2) xvi. 315 (heading) Case-furniture of museums. 1946 Antiques Oct. 270/2 The inward-tapering lines of the chest give it a shape that has not been widely favored at any time for large pieces of case furniture. 1989 C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 64/1 Especially noticeable on case furniture..were the standard features of full dust boards. 2002 Financial Times 16 Dec. (Fund Managem. Suppl.) 6 There is no consistent relationship..between how Dutch Old Master paintings, important 18th century English case furniture, and French Impressionist paintings have fared in the marketplace. < as lemmas |
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