单词 | drawer |
释义 | drawer (drɔːəʳ ) Word forms: drawers 1. countable noun A2 A drawer is part of a desk, chest, or other piece of furniture that is shaped like a box and is designed for putting things in. You pull it towards you to open it. He opened a drawer in his writing-table. 2. plural noun [also a pair of N] Drawers are underpants, especially ones worn by women. [old-fashioned] 3. See also chest of drawers Vocabulary Builder THE KITCHEN sink oven hob microwave spotlight fridge-freezer tap cupboard draining board drawer worktop tiles Idioms: out of the top drawer [mainly British] among the best of a particular kind The Grange Hotel may be out of the top drawer, but it's not pretentious. The show has a top-drawer cast including Michael Ball and Alfie Boe. having had a privileged social background Those who go on cruises are not necessarily out of the top drawer. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: dresser drawer One sock landed on the floor and the other landed on the edge of an open dresser drawer, half-in, half-out. Times, Sunday Times I don't belong to that group of people who keep their childhoods neatly folded and tucked away, seldom seen, in a dresser drawer. Times, Sunday Times It has several innovative features, including revolving dresser drawers, and a fine-mist shower that reduces water consumption. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With neither a crib nor a bed, he slept in dresser drawers for several months. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These type of sachets are often put in closets and dresser drawers for their scents. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Love has become this junk drawer word that means any kind of affection. Christianity Today A staple item for any royal wedding souvenir collection, no-one's kitchen junk drawer will be complete without one nestling in the corner. The Sun Within one frame, church steeples and storefronts, rooftops and alleyways, sailing ships and merchants’ carts, were all collected like odds and ends in a junk drawer. Smithsonian Mag Does the idea of a messy junk drawer or flashing fuel light have you breaking out in a cold sweat? The Sun Just like the sundry items in the kitchen drawer, they had piled up and gotten in the way. Christianity Today Does that mean you don't have a kitchen drawer full of string, toothpicks, fluffy sweets and unpaid bills? The Sun Both instruments, along with the apple-corer, the potato-peeler and the tea-strainer lie in my kitchen drawer like museum exhibits. The Times Literary Supplement With film, an astonishing library of the 20th century sits in everyone's kitchen drawer. Times, Sunday Times She was staying with us when 10 went missing from the kitchen drawer. The Sun In that sense the key to the computer equipment was no different from the key to a locked drawer. Times, Sunday Times She put it in a locked drawer to keep it away from any prying housekeepers' eyes. Times, Sunday Times In a locked drawer, he found a photo of the twins aged ten. The Sun The desk seems to give up its secrets without a struggle... but then you hit the locked drawer with no obvious key. Times, Sunday Times But when he cut open a locked drawer he discovered five books crammed with private information plus 14 computer discs. The Sun Open a drawer and you'll find 18thcentury costumes and his range of wigs. Times, Sunday Times I can open my drawer and just sense the one thing that's missing! Times, Sunday Times Open any drawer in our house and it's immaculate, like a show house. Times, Sunday Times The operant chamber for pigeons involves a plastic disc in which the pigeon pecks in order to open a drawer filled with grains. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 More advanced cash drawers have eliminated the manual release in favor of a cylinder lock, requiring a key to manually open the drawer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Among other items, a sketch of a daffodil and souvenirs of the artist's war service were hidden in a secret drawer. Times, Sunday Times The scrapbook has been locked in a secret drawer in our home. Times, Sunday Times The badge, which also has 34 emeralds, was in a secret drawer of the 19thcentury bureau. The Sun The secret drawer would open after a series of knocks on the dresser and sometimes accompanied by foot stamps on the floor. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also often kept valuables or stashes of cash in a secret drawer in that same chest of drawers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 See if your dad has one in his sock drawer. The Sun (2012) He kept it in a sock drawer. Times, Sunday Times (2016) So what does it mean for your underwear drawer? The Sun (2016) I found them underneath his underwear drawer. The Sun (2016) If your underwear drawer could do with some TLC, we have a treat in store for you. The Sun (2016) So make your own warming drawer using a large cardboard box. Times, Sunday Times How often will you use that steam oven, warming drawer or coffee machine? Times,Sunday Times You also ought to consider a wood-fired pizza oven and a warming drawer for plates. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 抽屉 Japanese: 引き出し |
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