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单词 dresser
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dresser

noun
/ˈdresə(r)/
/ˈdresər/
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  1. (also Welsh dresser)
    (British English) a large piece of wooden furniture with shelves in the top part and cupboards below, used for displaying and storing cups, plates, etc.
    • I put the kettle on and took two cups and saucers down from the dresser.
    • The china display in her dresser was all blue and white.
    • There was a small dresser in the corner of the room.
    Topics Houses and homesc2
  2. (North American English)
    (North American English also bureau, chest of drawers British and North American English)
    a piece of furniture with drawers (= parts like boxes built into it with handles on the front for pulling them out) for keeping clothes in
  3. (used with an adjective) a person who dresses in the way mentioned
    • a snappy dresser
    see also cross-dresser
  4. (in a theatre) a person whose job is to take care of an actor’s clothes for a play and help him/her to get dressed
    Wordfinder
    • cue
    • dresser
    • matinee
    • opening night
    • ovation
    • performance
    • prompter
    • rehearsal
    • scene-shifter
    • stage manager
    Topics Film and theatrec1
  5. Word Originsenses 1 to 2 late Middle English (denoting a kitchen sideboard or table on which food was prepared): from Old French dresseur, from dresser ‘prepare’, based on Latin directus ‘direct, straight’.
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