| 单词 | writing bureau |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswriting bureau 3. A writing desk of compact design, fitted with drawers or pigeonholes for storing papers and other items, and typically having a writing surface which can be folded up or (in more recent designs) stored within the desk when not in use. Also more fully writing bureau.Uncommon in North American usage, owing to the predominance of sense 4. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > desk > [noun] deskc1405 lectern1509 dess1552 book desk1686 prie-dieu1687 bureau1698 secretary1803 toys1816 secretaire1818 consulting-desk1823 slope1833 box-desk1860 roll-top1884 type-desk1901 partners' desk1925 partners' pedestal desk1930 console1944 society > communication > writing > writing materials > other writing equipment > [noun] > writing desk writing desk1598 writing tablea1613 scritory1616 scrutoire1665 scriptor1666 bureau1698 escritoire1707 secretaire1771 secretary1803 bonheur du jour1820 table desk1820 bureau plat1887 1698 M. Lister Journey to Paris 35 Elegant and rich Bureaus, Book-Cases, and some Paintings of the best Masters. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xiii. 79 My Diamond Buckle..Miss Nancy will find in the inner Till of my Bureau. 1771 Town & Country Mag. Dec. 641/1 He went to his bureau, and began a letter to his lovely mistress. 1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 58 After the testator's death, both sheets of paper were found in his bureau. 1841 I. F. Romer Sturmer I. ii. 59 A writing bureau covered with the litter of authorship. 1875 M. E. Braddon Strange World II. i. 3 A heavy old bureau, brass handled and brass clamped. 1915 J. Galsworthy Freelands xxxiv. 374 A bureau with an immense number of pigeonholes. 1970 Times 17 Sept. 15/3 The unused block of 48 of the British Twopence Blue of 1840..found in an old writing bureau in 1945. 2007 D. Waddell Blood Detective (2008) xix. 175 He went to the bureau, unlocked it and lifted the lid. < as lemmas |
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