单词 | dresser |
释义 | dresser1/ˈdrɛsə /noun 1A sideboard with shelves above for storing and displaying plates and kitchen utensils.They kept a creamery book behind the plates on the top shelf of the dresser in the kitchen so that they could see at a glance how much milk they had delivered to their co-op....
1.1North American A chest of drawers.It may be installed in a dresser or desk drawer or detached and mounted in a vehicle....
OriginLate Middle English (denoting a kitchen sideboard or table on which food was prepared): from Old French dresseur, from dresser 'prepare' (see dress). Rhymesdresser2/ˈdrɛsə /noun 1 [with adjective] A person who dresses in a specified way: a snappy dresser...
2A person whose job is to look after theatrical costumes and help actors to dress.They could get close to the acting scene by being dressers of the actors, but behind the scenes they learned the lines of the plays, waiting for the day the acting rules changed....
3British A person who assists a surgeon during operations.Undaunted by having only a bare, isolated hillside without running water or electricity he designed, built, and organised a hospital, training young Africans as nurses and dressers....
4A person who prepares, treats, or finishes a material or piece of equipment.That was a claim by several steel dressers who were suffering from pneumoconiosis attributable to defective ventilation in a factory....
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