bureau

名词 n.
/ˈbjʊ.ɹəʊ/|/ˈbjʊ.ɹə/    /ˈbjʊ.ɹoʊ/|/ˈbjʊ.ɹə/|/ˈbjɝ.oʊ/|/ˈbjɝ.ə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An administrative unit of government; office.
    — Ashley Johnson is an energy, trade and economics expert at the National Bureau of Asian Research, based in the United States.
  2. An organization or office for collecting or providing information or news.
    — a news bureau; a travel bureau; a service bureau; an employment bureau; the Citizens Advice Bureau
  3. An office (room where clerical or professional duties are performed).
    — There was an eerie silence in the dorm [... in] the factory. [...] The lamp glowed in his bureau, warm and reassuring and, through the window, I could see his papers strewn across the desk. [...] I called his name again. A movement from his bureau. [...] I banged on his door until it opened a crack[. ...] He pushed me out onto the staircase. "Get out," he screamed. The door to his bureau slammed in my face.
  4. A desk, usually with a cover and compartments that are located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath, and often used for storing papers. UK
  5. A chest of drawers for clothes. Northeastern,US

词形变化

bureaus plural bureaux plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥
Proto-Hellenic *pāwər
Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr)
Proto-Indo-European *-rós
Proto-Hellenic *-rós
Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós)
Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)bor.
Latin burrus
Latin burra
Old French *bure
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -lus
Latin -ellus
Old French -el
Old French burel
French bureauubor.
English bureau
Unadapted borrowing from French bureau, earlier "coarse cloth (as desk cover), baize", from Old French burel (“woolen cloth”), diminutive of *bure (compare Middle French bure (“coarse woolen cloth”), French bourre (“hair, fluff”)), from Late Latin burra (“wool, fluff, shaggy cloth, coarse fabric”); akin to Ancient Greek βερβέριον (berbérion, “shabby garment”). Doublet of burel and borrel, taken from Old French.
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