drawer /drɔː $ drɒːr/ ●●● S3 noun [countableC] → draw1 DHFpart of a piece of furniture, such as a desk, that you pull out and push in and use to keep things in 抽屉 She took a file from her desk drawer. 她从书桌的抽屉里拿出了一个文件夹。
The scissors are in the kitchen drawer (=drawer in a piece of kitchen furniture). 剪刀在厨房的抽屉里。
top/bottom/right-hand/left-hand drawer He opened the top drawer of his desk, and took out a brown envelope. 他打开书桌顶层抽屉,取出一个棕色信封。
sock/cutlery drawer (=one for keeping socks, or knives, forks etc in) 短袜/餐具抽屉
→ bottom drawer, chest of drawers, top-drawer →4 See picture on 见图 Page A8 In the office 办公室里 n COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + drawer the top/bottom/middle drawerHe opened the bottom drawer and got out a T-shirt.
a desk/table/dresser etc drawerThe passports are in my desk drawer.
a kitchen drawer (=in a piece of kitchen furniture)There's some string in that kitchen drawer.
a sock/underwear/cutlery etc drawer (=containing socks, underwear etc)He hid the gun in his sock drawer.
the right-hand/left-hand drawerHave you looked in the left-hand drawer?
verbsopen a drawerJonathan opened the drawer and took out a fork.
pull open/pull out a drawer (=open it)He pulled open drawers until he found the papers.
close/shut a drawerShe shut the drawer and locked it with a small key.
go through/look through/search through drawers (=try to find something by looking in drawers)I've been through all my drawers and I can't find it.
rummage/rifle through drawers (=search in them by moving things around in an untidy way)Someone had been in my bedroom and rummaged through my drawers.