drawer: [16] A drawer is literally something that is ‘drawn’ or ‘pulled’ out. The coinage was perhaps based on French tiroir ‘drawer’, which was similarly derived from the verb tirer ‘pull’. The same basic notion underlies the formation of drawers [16], a superannuated term for ‘knickers’, which were originally ‘garment pulled on’.
drawer (n.)
mid-14c., agent noun from draw (v.). Attested from 1570s in sense of a box that can be "drawn" out of a cabinet.
雙語例句
1. He folded the papers and stuck them in his desk drawer.
他將文件疊起來，塞進自己的書桌抽屜里。
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2. There's an extra blanket in the bottom drawer of the cupboard.
壁櫥最下面的抽屜里還有一條多余的毯子。
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3. He picked each lock deftly, and rifled the papers within each drawer.
他熟練地撬開每一把鎖，把每個抽屜里的文件都偷走了。
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4. The keys are in the back left-hand corner of the drawer.
鑰匙放在抽屜里面左邊一角。
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5. He had the drawer open and was thumbing through the files.