| 单词 | table |
| 释义 | table —tableless, adj. /tay"beuhl/, n. , v. , tabled, tabling, adj. n. 1. an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table. 2. such a piece of furniture specifically used for serving food to those seated at it. 3. the food placed on a table to be eaten: She sets a good table. 4. a group of persons at a table, as for a meal, game, or business transaction. 5. a gaming table. 6. a flat or plane surface; a level area. 7. a tableland or plateau. 8. a concise list or guide: a table of contents. 9. an arrangement of words, numbers, or signs, or combinations of them, as in parallel columns, to exhibit a set of facts or relations in a definite, compact, and comprehensive form; a synopsis or scheme. 10. (cap.) Astron. the constellation Mensa. 11. a flat and relatively thin piece of wood, stone, metal, or other hard substance, esp. one artificially shaped for a particular purpose. 12. Archit. a. a course or band, esp. of masonry, having a distinctive form or position. b. a distinctively treated surface on a wall. 13. a smooth, flat board or slab on which inscriptions may be put. 14. tables, a. the tablets on which certain collections of laws were anciently inscribed: the tables of the Decalogue. b. the laws themselves. 15. Anat. the inner or outer hard layer or any of the flat bones of the skull. 16. Music. a sounding board. 17. Jewelry. a. the upper horizontal surface of a faceted gem. b. a gem with such a surface. 18. on the table, Parl. Proc. a. U.S. postponed. b. Brit. submitted for consideration. 19. turn the tables, to cause a reversal of an existing situation, esp. with regard to gaining the upper hand over a competitor, rival, antagonist, etc.: Fortune turned the tables and we won. We turned the tables on them and undersold them by 50 percent. 20. under the table, a. drunk. b. as a bribe; secretly: She gave money under the table to get the apartment. 21. wait (on) table, to work as a waiter or waitress: He worked his way through college by waiting table. Also, wait tables. v.t. 22. to place (a card, money, etc.) on a table. 23. to enter in or form into a table or list. 24. Parl. Proc. a. Chiefly U.S. to lay aside (a proposal, resolution, etc.) for future discussion, usually with a view to postponing or shelving the matter indefinitely. b. Brit. to present (a proposal, resolution, etc.) for discussion. adj. 25. of, pertaining to, or for use on a table: a table lamp. 26. suitable for serving at a table or for eating or drinking: table grapes. [bef. 900; (n.) ME; OE tabule, var. of tabula < L: plank, tablet; (v.) late ME: to record on a table, entertain at table, deriv. of the n.] |
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