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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. 书桌；写字台；办公桌 
- at a desk
I spend all day sitting at a desk. 我整天坐在书桌前。 - behind a desk
The mayor sat behind his desk. 市长坐在办公桌后面。 a desk drawer/lamp/calendar 书桌抽屉/台灯/日历 He abandoned a career at sea for a desk job. 他放弃了海上职业，去做案头工作。
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifea1, Educationa1, Houses and homesa1A very strange request landed on my desk this morning. 今天上午一份非常奇怪的申请书放到了我的办公桌上。 He got up from his desk and went to the window. 他从办公桌旁站起身走到窗边。 He was sitting at his desk working when we got home. 我们到家时他正坐在书桌旁工作。 I left the file on your desk. 我把文件夹放在了你的办公桌上。 My desk gets very cluttered if I don't clear it at the end of each day. 我每天工作结束后不清理办公桌的话，它就会凌乱不堪。 Papers littered the desk and the floor. 书桌和地板上丢得到处都是文件。 The empty desk suggested she had already gone home. 书桌上空无一物，说明她已经回家了。 The manager sat frowning behind his desk throughout the whole interview. 经理在面试的整个过程中一直坐在书桌后蹙着眉。 They put me on desk duty for a month. 他们让我在服务台值了一个月的班。 a computer which takes up less desk space 占据较少桌面空间的电脑
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- huge
- large
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- sit at
- get up from
- leave
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- drawer
- top
- calendar
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- at a/the desk
- behind a/the desk
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a place where you can get information or be served at an airport, a hotel, etc. （机场、旅馆等的）问讯处，服务台 - at a desk
There was a long queue at the check-in desk. 登记处前排了一长队人。 - behind a desk
The girl behind the reception desk was always on the phone. 接待处后面的女孩总是在打电话。 - on a desk
We asked the man on the information desk for a map of the city. 我们向咨询台的人要了一张城市地图。
Extra ExamplesTopics Holidaysa1Staff experiencing problems with their computers should call the help desk. 员工计算机出了问题应打电话给求助台。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- front
- main
- reception
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- call
- man
- run
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- clerk
- officer
- staff
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- at the… desk
- on the… desk
- at a desk
an office at a newspaper, television company, etc. that deals with a particular subject （报社、电视台等的）办公处，部，室，组 the sports desk 体育部
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- front
- main
- reception
- …
- call
- man
- run
- …
- clerk
- officer
- staff
- …
- at the… desk
- on the… desk
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.