| 单词 | bottom drawer |
| 释义 | bottom drawer noun[Cusually singular] UKold-fashioneduk/ˌbɒt.əm ˈdrɔːr/us/ˌbɑː.t̬əm ˈdrɑː/(UShope chest)clothes,sheets, etc. that ayoungwomantraditionallycollectsfor use after she ismarried: 嫁妆；嫁妆箱Kate'sgrandmothergave her aquiltfor herbottomdrawer.凯特的奶奶给她的嫁妆添了一床被子。 Groups and collections of things
Examplesofbottom drawerbottom drawer In 1956 theatre directors and publishers were counting on the emergence of manuscripts full of revelations - plays, novels, poems written during the preceding years 'for thebottomdrawer'. From theCambridge English Corpus That so-calledbottomdrawercontained embroidered tablecloths, pillow cases and that kind of thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Probably it just put in thebottomdrawerof a desk along with the head cashier's sandwiches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us suppose that someone clips out a report of court proceedings and keeps the clipping in hisbottomdrawer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No—just like with every ceasefire that they have ever had, the plans are in thebottomdrawer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In the early years of this century, in working-class homes at any rate, they brought something called abottomdrawerto their marriages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Like a rocket, it excited a moment or two's attention, but it and its lessons are now locked away in an anonymousbottomdrawer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Other authorities have adopted a practice of preparing "informal"or"bottomdrawer" plans as a basis of development control, without subjecting them to proper procedures of public consultation and formal adoption. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What happens to thebottomdrawer? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Even the merest teen-ager in my constituency starts with herbottomdrawerin anticipation, in hope deferred, as all maiden ladies do, even though the man never comes along. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I did not for one moment think that there was abottomdraweror, even if there was, that he would tell me what is in it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I wonder how many of them are now lying in bottom drawers or whether that number was a true appraisal of the needs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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