- (British English)
a desk with drawers and usually a top that opens down to make a table to write on （附抽屉及活动写字台的）书桌 There was just enough space for a fold-up bed, washstand and bureau. 仅仅够空间放下一张折叠床、一个洗手台和斗柜。
- (North American English) (also chest of drawers, dresser ())
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 五斗橱；（有抽屉的）衣橱 an office or organization that provides information on a particular subject （提供某方面信息的）办事处，办公室，机构 She works for an employment bureau. 她在一家职业介绍所工作。 a convention bureau (= an office that provides information and services for people organizing conferences) 会议局 - (especially North American English)
a visitor’s bureau (= an office that provides information for tourists) 旅游局
Extra ExamplesTopics Holidaysc2She had a friend in the press bureau. 她有个朋友在新闻局工作。 The bureau handles millions of requests each year. 该办事处每年处理数百万项请求。 You can get advice on a wide variety of subjects including money, debt, and legal problems, from your local Citizens' Advice bureau. 你可以从当地的公民咨询局获得各种各样的建议，包括金钱、债务和法律问题。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- federal
- government
- census
- …
- contact
- go to
- establish
- …
- handle something
- staff
- chief
- at a/the bureau
- in a/the bureau
- bureau of
- …
(in the US) a government department or part of a government department （美国政府部门）局，处，科 the Federal Bureau of Investigation 联邦调查局 the US Bureau of Prisons 美国监狱管理局
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- federal
- government
- census
- …
- contact
- go to
- establish
- …
- handle something
- staff
- chief
- at a/the bureau
- in a/the bureau
- bureau of
- …
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French, originally ‘baize’ (used to cover writing desks), from Old French burel, probably from bure ‘dark brown’, based on Greek purros ‘red’.