bureau
noun[C]
uk/ˈbjʊə.rəʊ/us/ˈbjʊr.oʊ/pluralbureauxuk/ˈbjʊə.rəʊ/us/ˈbjʊr.oʊ/USusuallybureausbureaunoun[C](ORGANIZATION)
anorganizationor abusinessthatcollectsorprovidesinformation:
(搜集或提供信息的)办事处,办公室,机构Herdisappearancewasreportedto thepolicedepartment's Missing Persons Bureau.她的失踪被报到了警察局的失踪人口调查处。
mainlyUS
agovernmentorganization:
(政府部门的)局,处,科the Federal Bureau of Investigation联邦调查局
UK politics: government departments & organizations
- admiralty
- agency
- chancellorship
- cobra
- defence
- drive-by
- executive
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- HMRC
- HMSO
- home office
- lobby
- ministry
- mod
- monolith
- NGO
- non-governmental organization
- secretariat
- the CSA
- the Foreign Office
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Enterprises
bureaunoun[C](FURNITURE)
UK
apieceoffurniturewith alidthatopenstoforma writingsurface
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US
achest of drawers
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Tables & desks
- bedside table
- bench
- benchtop
- booth
- breakfast bar
- card table
- coffee table
- console
- desk
- dressing table
- drop-leaf table
- high table
- kitchen counter
- leaf
- lectern
- tabletop
- trestle
- trestle table
- vanity
- washstand
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Furniture for storage