| 单词 | bureau bed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbureau bed bureau bed n. now chiefly historical a bed designed to be folded up and stored within a case resembling a bureau when not in use; cf. box-bed n. ΚΠ 1777 Whole Proc. King's Comm. Peace (City of London & County of Middlesex) i. 35/2 Murphy had two more guineas, and..she had chucked the rest behind a bureau bed, in the bawdy house where they were. 1787 Lady's Mag. Suppl. 690/2 A Bureau Bed, and a shabby Table standing before the Door. 1800 T. Twining Let. 8 Sept. in Sel. Lett. (1991) 569 Betsy preferred a bureau bed. 1855 Asylum Jrnl. Mental Sci. No. 15. 116 After he came I examined the bed. It was a bureau bed, and the lunatic was lying on straw. 1906 M. Holley Samantha vs. Josiah v. 84 She's a-goin' to have a bureau bed that shets up, and use the room for a parlor daytimes. 2011 A. Alban Anya's War 77 She put her down in the bureau bed, then turned in circles in the middle of her rug. < as lemmas |
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