desk

noun

/desk/

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a piece of furniture like a table, often with drawers (= parts like boxes in it with handles on the front for pulling them open), that you sit at to read, write, work, etc.
- at a desk I spend all day sitting at a desk.
- behind a desk The mayor sat behind his desk.
- a desk drawer/lamp/calendar
- He abandoned a career at sea for a desk job.
see also hot-desk, mixing desk, roll-top desk, writing desk
Extra Examples
- A very strange request landed on my desk this morning.
- He got up from his desk and went to the window.
- He was sitting at his desk working when we got home.
- I left the file on your desk.
- My desk gets very cluttered if I don't clear it at the end of each day.
- Papers littered the desk and the floor.
- The empty desk suggested she had already gone home.
- The manager sat frowning behind his desk throughout the whole interview.
- They put me on desk duty for a month.
- a computer which takes up less desk space
Topics Working lifea1, Educationa1, Houses and homesa1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- huge
- large
- …
verb + desk
- sit at
- get up from
- leave
- …
desk + noun
- drawer
- top
- calendar
- …
preposition
- at a/the desk
- behind a/the desk
- on a/the desk
- …
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a place where you can get information or be served at an airport, a hotel, etc.
- at a desk There was a long queue at the check-in desk.
- behind a desk The girl behind the reception desk was always on the phone.
- on a desk We asked the man on the information desk for a map of the city.
see also cash desk, front desk, help desk
Extra Examples
- Staff experiencing problems with their computers should call the help desk.
Topics Holidaysa1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- front
- main
- reception
- …
verb + desk
- call
- man
- run
- …
desk + noun
- clerk
- officer
- staff
- …
preposition
- at the… desk
- on the… desk
See full entry
an office at a newspaper, television company, etc. that deals with a particular subject
- the sports desk
see also city desk, news desk
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- front
- main
- reception
- …
verb + desk
- call
- man
- run
- …
desk + noun
- clerk
- officer
- staff
- …
preposition
- at the… desk
- on the… desk
See full entry

Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin desca, probably based on Provençal desca ‘basket’ or Italian desco ‘table, butcher's block’, both based on Latin discus from Greek diskos.

单词	desk
释义	desk noun /desk/ /desk/ jump to other results enlarge image enlarge image a piece of furniture like a table, often with drawers (= parts like boxes in it with handles on the front for pulling them open), that you sit at to read, write, work, etc. at a desk I spend all day sitting at a desk. behind a desk The mayor sat behind his desk. a desk drawer/lamp/calendar He abandoned a career at sea for a desk job. see also hot-desk, mixing desk, roll-top desk, writing desk Extra Examples A very strange request landed on my desk this morning. He got up from his desk and went to the window. He was sitting at his desk working when we got home. I left the file on your desk. My desk gets very cluttered if I don't clear it at the end of each day. Papers littered the desk and the floor. The empty desk suggested she had already gone home. The manager sat frowning behind his desk throughout the whole interview. They put me on desk duty for a month. a computer which takes up less desk space Topics Working lifea1, Educationa1, Houses and homesa1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective big huge large … verb + desk sit at get up from leave … desk + noun drawer top calendar … preposition at a/the desk behind a/the desk on a/the desk … See full entry a place where you can get information or be served at an airport, a hotel, etc. at a desk There was a long queue at the check-in desk. behind a desk The girl behind the reception desk was always on the phone. on a desk We asked the man on the information desk for a map of the city. see also cash desk, front desk, help desk Extra Examples Staff experiencing problems with their computers should call the help desk. Topics Holidaysa1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective front main reception … verb + desk call man run … desk + noun clerk officer staff … preposition at the… desk on the… desk See full entry an office at a newspaper, television company, etc. that deals with a particular subject the sports desk see also city desk, news desk Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective front main reception … verb + desk call man run … desk + noun clerk officer staff … preposition at the… desk on the… desk See full entry Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin desca, probably based on Provençal desca ‘basket’ or Italian desco ‘table, butcher's block’, both based on Latin discus from Greek diskos.
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