tallboy

n. 高脚五斗橱, 双层柜

发音

US

词形变化

tallboys 复数 tallboys

别名

tall boy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tall chest of drawers, or combination of chest on chest, or chest with a small wardrobe on top. Usually with low bracket feet but always resulting in a tall piece of furniture.

  2. 2.

    A tall beer can, either 16 or 24 ounces (473 or 710ml).

    美国
  3. 3.

    A kind of sail, a spanker.

    航海 交通
  4. 4.

    A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup.

  5. 5.

    A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

highboy

上位词 4

chest bureau dresser chest of drawers

词源

By surface analysis, tall + boy, but the furniture sense may have been originally modeled after lowboy, related to French bois (“wood”).

来源：wiktionary