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

• 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。
• He knew much about pictures and fine furniture, and was an enthusiastic gardener.
  他对电影和高档家具知之甚多，还是个园艺爱好者。
• 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。
• 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。
• The house had its charms, not the least of which was the furniture that came with it.
  这座房子有其吸引人的地方，比如和房子配套的家具就很出彩。
• Unpainted wooden furniture weathers to a grey colour
  没有上漆的木制家具会褪成灰色。
• Their tattered clothing and broken furniture indicated their poverty.
  他们褴褛的衣服和破烂的家具显出他们的贫穷。
• Furniture can also be custom-made to suit your own requirements.
  你也可以按照自己的要求定制家具。
• He left what little furniture he owned to his landlord in lieu of rent.
  他把自己仅有的那点家具留给了房东抵房租。
• The house is crammed with priceless furniture and works of art
  房子里摆满了昂贵的家具和艺术品。