单词 | butterfly table |
释义 | > as lemmasbutterfly table butterfly table n. Originally North American a kind of drop-leaf table having wing-shaped supports for the table leaves. ΚΠ 1901 E. Singleton Furnit. of Forefathers III. 202 An oval table of oak, of rough work... The design is now popularly called the ‘butterfly table’. 1925 Amer. Mercury Mar. 355/2 When little butterfly tables, so called, with warped maple tops, sell for $575 apiece, it is their age and rarity which bring the extravagant price. 1994 Canad. Workshop July 59/1 I built this double drop-leaf table—sometimes called a butterfly table—as a birthday present for my wife. < as lemmas |
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