bureau 英 [ˈbjʊərəʊ]   美 [ˈbjʊroʊ]

bureau

bureau  英 [ˈbjʊərəʊ] 美 [ˈbjʊroʊ]

n. 局,处;办公桌;办事处 

名词复数:bureaux 

an employment bureau 职业介绍所
the Federal Bureau of Investigation 联邦调查局

  • When you put your socks away, you'll most likely put them in a bureau, or a chest of drawers used for storing clothes. Hopefully you've washed them.
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  • n. 局,处;办公桌;办事处
  • 1. an employment bureau

    职业介绍所

  • 2. the Federal Bureau of Investigation

    联邦调查局

  • bureau (n.) 1690s, "desk with drawers for papers, writing desk," from French bureau (plural bureaux) "office; desk, writing table," originally "cloth covering for a desk," from burel "coarse woolen cloth" (as a cover for writing desks), Old French diminutive of bure "dark brown cloth," which is perhaps either from Latin burrus "red" (see burro) or from Late Latin burra "wool, shaggy garment" (which is of unknown origin).
bur·eau / ˈbjʊərəʊ ; NAmE ˈbjʊroʊ / noun ( plural bur·eaux or bur·eaus / ˈbjʊərəʊz ; NAmE ˈbjʊroʊz / ) 1 ( BrE) a desk with drawers and usually a top that opens down to make a table to write on (附抽屉及活动写字枱的)书桌 2 ( NAmE) = chest of drawers 3 an office or organization that provides information on a particular subject (提供某方面信息的)办事处,办公室,机构 an employment bureau 职业介绍所 4 (in the US) a government department or part of a government department (美国政府部门)局,处,科 the Federal Bureau of Investigation 联邦调查局 bureau bureaux bureaus bur·eau / ˈbjʊərəʊ ; NAmE ˈbjʊroʊ / bur·eaus / ˈbjʊərəʊz ; NAmE ˈbjʊroʊz /
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