dumbwaiter是什么意思
- 英式英标[\'dʌm\'wetɚ]
- 美式音标[\'dʌm\'weɪtə]
英文词源
- dumbwaiter (n.)
- 1749, an article of furniture, from dumb (adj.) + waiter (apparently because it serves as a waiter but is silent). As a movable platform for passing dishes, etc., up and down from one room (especially a basement kitchen) to another, from 1847.
实用例句
- 1. British playwright whose works, including The Dumbwaiter ( 1957 ) and Birthday Party ( 1958 ), create an atmosphere of menace.
- 品特,哈罗德生于1930英国剧作家,他的作品创造出一种恐吓气氛, 包括看房者 ( 1957年 ) 和生日宴会 ( 1958年 )
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