单词 | box-desk |
释义 | > as lemmasbox-desk box-desk n. now chiefly historical a desk with a box-like shape; a small (portable) desk in which papers, etc., can be stored. 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 1860 N. Devon Jrnl. 23 Aug. 4/4 (advt.) Rosewood Box Desk, satin tray, puckered head, gilt silk velvet. 1905 Daily Chron. 21 Nov. 5/6 Two ‘paltry pieces’ of silk and a box-desk were among the gifts. 1989 E. W. Sunstein Mary Shelley (1991) iv. xx. 349 She read Tasso, Dante's Paradiso, embroidered, and wrote letters on her box-desk. < as lemmas |
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