单词 | furniture |
释义 | furniture n.   1. the movable equipment of a house, room, etc., e.g. tables, chairs, and beds.   2. Naut. a ship's equipment, esp. tackle etc.   3. accessories, e.g. the handles and lock of a door.   4. Printing pieces of wood or metal placed round or between type to make blank spaces and fasten the matter in the chase. Phrases and idioms furniture beetle a beetle, Anobium punctatum, the larvae of which bore into wood (see WOODWORM). furniture van a large van used to move furniture from one house to another. part of the furniture colloq. a person or thing taken for granted. Etymology: F fourniture f. fournir (as FURNISH) |
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