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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

desk [dεsk]
  1. 1. noun [c] (in office) 办公桌
  2. 2. noun (for pupil) 书桌
  3. 3. noun (in hotel,at airport,hospital etc) 服务台
  4. 4. noun news/fashion desk (department) 新闻/时装部

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

desk [desk]
  1. 1. n.[c] 书桌写字台办公桌
    Next morning I found a note on my desk.
    第二天早上我在书桌发现一张纸条
  2. 2. n.[c] 服务台柜台
  3. 3. noun 办事处;部;司;组

Collins English-English Dictionary

desk [dεsk]
  1. 1. n a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
  2. 2. n a service counter or table in a public building, such as a hotel
    information desk
  3. 3. n a support, lectern, or book rest for the book from which services are read in a church
  4. 4. n the editorial section of a newspaper, etc, responsible for a particular subject
    the news desk
  5. 5. n a music stand shared by two orchestral players
  6. 6. n these two players
  7. 7. n [modifier] made for use at a desk
    a desk calendar
  8. 8. n done at a desk
    a desk job
  9. 9. n [Etymology] C14: from Medieval Latin desca table, from Latin discus disc, dish

Examples

lay the pen on the desk
把笔放在桌上
the top left drawer of a desk
书桌左手最上端的抽屉
This desk is smaller than that.
这张桌子比那张小。
Which (desk) he chooses, they won't be pleased.
无论他挑选哪一个(桌子),他们都不喜欢。
I hit my head on the desk.
我的头撞在了桌子上。

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