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highboy的意思
highboy
英 ['haɪbɒɪ]
美 ['haɪbɔɪ]
- n. 有脚的高橱；高脚抽屉柜
中文词源
highboy 高衣柜
high,高，boy,词源不确定，可能来自法语bois,木头，词源同bush,或直接来自boy,表亲昵。比较lowboy,tallboy.
英文词源
- highboy (n.)
- "tall chest of drawers," 1891, American English (see tallboy); a hybrid, the second element is from French bois "wood" (see bush).