furniture

英 [ˈfɜːnɪtʃə(r)]

美 [ˈfɜːrnɪtʃər]

n.  (可移动的)家具

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2428 / COCA.2669

习惯用语

n.

part of the furniture
• 见惯了的人（或东西）；存在已久故不为人注意的人（或事物）
  a person or thing that you are so used to seeing that you no longer notice them
• I worked there so long that I became part of the furniture.
  我在那里工作得太久，都不为人注意了。

牛津词典

noun

• （可移动的）家具
  objects that can be moved, such as tables, chairs and beds, that are put into a house or an office to make it suitable for living or working in
  1. a piece of furniture
     一件家具
  2. garden/office, etc. furniture
     花园、办公室等家具
  3. We need to buy some new furniture.
     我们需要买一些新家具。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 家具
  Furnitureconsists of large objects such as tables, chairs, or beds that are used in a room for sitting or lying on or for putting things on or in.
  1. Each piece of furniture in their home suited the style of the house.
     他们家里的每件家具都和房子的风格相得益彰。
• 被认作当然的人(或事物);习以为常的人(或事物)
  If you describe someone or something aspart of the furniture, you are suggesting that they have been somewhere such as their place of work for such a long time that it is hard to imagine that place without them.

Note thatfurnitureis only ever used as an uncount noun. You cannot say 'a furniture' or 'furnitures'. If you want to refer in general terms to something such as a table, a chair, or a bed, you can say apiece of furnitureor anitem of furniture.
furniture 只能用作不可数名词。不能说 a furniture 或 furnitures。将桌、椅、床等泛称为家具时，可以说 a piece of furniture 或 an item of furniture。

英英释义

noun

• furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
  1. they had too much furniture for the small apartment
  2. there was only one piece of furniture in the room
  Synonym:piece of furniturearticle of furniture

双语例句

• He owned furniture factories in New York State.
  他在纽约州有几家家具厂。
• Both rooms have antiqued pine furniture.
  两个房间里都有仿古松木家具。
• There were coloured candles which had spread pools of wax on the furniture
  彩色蜡烛在家具上留下一摊摊蜡油。
• Furniture is so bulky, it takes so much room.
  家具体积太大，占了太多空间。
• We talk in her Belgrade flat, full of heavy old brown furniture
  我们在她位于贝尔格莱德的公寓里进行了交谈，那屋里满是结实的老式棕色家具。
• They were reported to be unloading trucks filled with looted furniture.
  有人举报说他们正在从满满当当的卡车上卸洗劫来的家具。
• Some of the furniture in this old house has been gnawed away by rats.
  这所老房子里的一些家具已经被老鼠嗑坏了。
• They deal in books, furniture, hardware and spices.
  他们经销书籍、家具、五金、香料。
• Each piece of furniture in their home suited the style of the house.
  他们家里的每件家具都和房子的风格相得益彰。
• They worked over the old furniture.
  他们翻新了旧家具。