- (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. 食具橱;碗橱 I put the kettle on and took two cups and saucers down from the dresser. 我把水烧上,从碗橱取下两套杯碟。 The china display in her dresser was all blue and white. 她梳妆台上的瓷器陈列全是蓝色和白色的。 There was a small dresser in the corner of the room. 房间的角落里有一个小梳妆台。
- (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 食具橱;碗橱 (used with an adjective )与形容词连用 a person who dresses in the way mentioned 穿着…的人;衣着…者 a snappy dresser 穿着漂亮的人
(in a theatre )剧院 a person whose job is to take care of an actor’s clothes for a play and help him/her to get dressed 服装员;服装师 WordfinderTopics Film and theatrec1
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’.