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bookcase

/book-keys/US // ˈbʊkˌkeɪs //UK // (ˈbʊkˌkeɪs) //

书架,书柜,书橱,书箱

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a set of shelves for books.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • As we dragged the pleading critter up to and over the edge of a bookcase we marveled at the dark, twisted, absurdity of the scenario that seemed straight out of a coldhearted fairy tale.

  • Sometimes I’ll catch him sitting facing a wall or a bookcase, as frozen as a porcelain Nipper.

  • You could say, “Oh, there’s Mel, and there’s a lamp behind her and the messy bookcase,” and I can see your picture behind you.

  • Next to his desk, Caro keeps a small bookcase of materials for whatever chapter he is writing.

  • My copy lies in back of a bookcase where I threw it in frustration before I got to page 100.

  • The writer turned to a bookcase and removed a volume in a faded cover that had once been bright with rainbow colors.

  • Sit down in that corner behind the bookcase and I'll read to you from one of the old poets, Byron, belike.

  • With his invincible patience he was waiting now, in her room up-stairs, standing before the bookcase with his back to the door.

  • Through the open doors she saw him as he turned and wandered to the bookcase and stood there, apparently absorbed.

  • "Not in plain sight, Ziz," said Wise, and he started moving out a bookcase to look behind it.