| 词汇 | coffee-table |
| 释义 | coffee table noun[ C ] (alsocoffee-table)uk /ˈkɒf.i ˌteɪ.bəl/ us /ˈkɑː.fi ˌteɪ.bəl/ a small, low table on which coffee is served or books and magazines are arranged咖啡桌，茶几 stask/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Tables & desks bedside table bench benchtop booth breakfast bar bureau card table console drafting table dressing table drop-leaf table high table kitchen counter leaf standing desk tabletop trestle trestle table vanity writing desk coffee-table adjective[ usually before noun ] uk /ˈkɒf.iˌteɪ.bəl/ us /ˈkɑː.fiˌteɪ.bəl/ coffee-tableadjective[usually before noun] (BOOKS)relating to books that are designed to be looked at rather than read: Coffee-table collections of his photographs sell for hundreds of pounds. She is one of the women profiled in a forthcoming coffee-table publication. Will they pay £50 for a glossy coffee-table edition, or are they more likely to prefer an inexpensive paperback? This lavishly produced book has an almost coffee-table feel to it. Books: kinds of books abridgment annual anthology audiobook backlist crammer digest dime novel e-reader easy read exercise book must-read novel novelette novelistic novelistically vade mecum workbook ya young adult coffee-tableadjective[usually before noun] (MUSIC)mainly disapproving used to describe music that has been arranged in a relaxing but boring way : The band even managed to make this coffee-table music sound positively energetic. They produce smoothly bland, coffee-table pop. Attractive adorable adorably adorbs aesthetic aesthetically disarming disarmingly distinguished dreamy drop-dead gorgeous lovably loveliness lovely lusciously magnetically stunning stunningly suave suavely suit You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Types of music People put lamps, coffee tables, or plants in them so they feel like they’re driving in their living room. He walked into the living room and sat across the coffee table from them. She picked up the tin robot he'd given her from the coffee table and turned it over in her hands, staring up its skirts at the tuna-fish illustration and the Japanese ideograms. There was a stack of guitar magazines on the battered coffee table, and a cozy sofa with an afghan folded neatly on one arm. coffee table | American Dictionarycoffee table noun[ C ] us/ˈkɔ·fi ˌteɪ·bəlcoɡ, ˈkɑf·i/ a low table usually placed in front of a sofa (= long, soft seat) on which to set drinks, magazines, and other small objects Examples of coffee tablecoffee table The direct object is the patient "the coffeetable" in the first sentence, and there is no direct object in the second sentence. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The first tangible project produced by the foundation was a coffeetable book titled, self-published in 1976. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Indi wakes up and loses her footing, causing her to fall through a glass coffeetable and badly cutting her face. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Daltrey's wife was laughing so hard she knocked over the coffeetable in the screening room. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Peter manages to free himself, but in his drug-induced state he jumps repeatedly on the sofa before falling and hitting his head on a glass coffeetable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Rizzo quickly set about turning the empty office into a living space, complete with brown and gold walls and custom-designed sofas, coffee tables, consoles and hi-fi storage units. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Parsons tables are often intended for use as modern or contemporary furniture, and their striking design has made them popular as coffee tables, dining tables, side tables, and occasional tables. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Even if this is just a coffeetable book, the need to keep things simple cannot be an excuse for getting things wrong. They correspond to a couch, armchair, table, bookcase, coffeetable, television set, chair, wardrobe, and a cupboard. It is not clear how many highly scholarly coffeetable books there may be, but this is certainly one of them. In this way, the book stands as a valuable guide and need not by any means be restricted to the coffeetable. As it is, it must be recommended as good for the local library (or coffeetable), but to be used with caution. One old man wept by his home of grass and twigs that was about the size of a coffeetable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not merely a matter of making the occasional coffeetable and taking it home. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us say it is a coffeetable book. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of coffee table These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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