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highboy

/hahy-boi/US // ˈhaɪˌbɔɪ //UK // (ˈhaɪˌbɔɪ) //

高干子弟,高佬,高个子男孩,高干儿子

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    U.S. Furniture.

    • : a tall chest of drawers on legs, usually in two sections set one on top of the other.Compare tallboy, lowboy.

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Examples

  • Here, table, highboy chairs, and screen—mahogany, cherry, teak—looked nervous and disproportioned.

  • When Hortense and Highboy entered, only the embers of the fire were left on the hearth in Grandmother's room.

  • "Hello," said Highboy, and at once Lowboy's eyes opened wide and both the Firedogs growled.

  • Hortense and Highboy crept quietly to their room while the others disappeared below.

  • Quickly unclasping the charm, she reached down to Highboy and said, "Swallow this, quick!"

  • It was so late that Fergus had no time to see to the drawers which refused to open in the lowboy and the highboy.