dresser

Word family  noun dress dresser dressing adjective dressed ≠ undressed dressy verb dress ≠ undress

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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dress·er /ˈdresə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  1. British EnglishDHF a large piece of furniture with open shelves for storing plates, dishes etc 碗柜，碗橱 SYN Welsh dresser2. American EnglishDHF a piece of furniture with drawers for storing clothes, sometimes with a mirror on top 衣橱 SYN British English chest of drawers →4  See picture of 见图 COMPARTMENT3  a fashionable/stylish/sloppy etc dresser DCsomeone who dresses in a fashionable etc way 穿着新潮者/时髦者/邋遢者等 Stanley was an impeccable dresser. 斯坦利穿得十分得体。4. APTsomeone who takes care of someone’s clothes, especially an actor’s in the theatre, and helps them to dress 〔尤指剧团的〕服装师

Examples from the Corpus

dresser• When the giant dresser disappeared for ever I felt better still.• When he reached into his dresser drawer that morning, Jeffrey Pyle says, all he wanted was a clean shirt.• He got me to sit on the edge of my oak dresser, and then he walked into me.• Politicians were transformed into much more stylish, progressive dressers.• We could put the bed over there, Dooley could help, and the dresser here.• She opened the dresser drawer to put away the knives and spoons.• Enterprising window dressers dressed up in ski outfits to set up a display of sportswear in this store.

dress·er nounChineseSyllable  

piece Corpus large with a of open furniture

dresser
dress‧er /ˈdresə $ -ər/ noun [countable]1. British English a large piece of furniture with open shelves for storing plates, dishes etc
   SYN  Welsh dresser
2. American English a piece of furniture with drawers for storing clothes, sometimes with a mirror on top
   SYN  chest of drawers British English
3. a fashionable/stylish/sloppy etc dresser someone who dresses in a fashionable etc way:
    Stanley was an impeccable dresser.
4. someone who takes care of someone’s clothes, especially an actor’s in the theatre, and helps them to dress

dress·erBrE /ˈdresə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdresər/ 🔊 noun (also ˌWelsh ˈdresser) (BrE) a large piece of wooden furniture with shelves in the top part and cupboards below, used for displaying and storing cups, plates, etc. 食具橱；碗橱(NAmE) = chest of drawers (used with an adjective 与形容词连用) a person who dresses in the way mentioned 穿着…的人；衣着…者◆a snappy dresser穿着漂亮的人(in a theatre 剧院) a person whose job is to take care of an actor's clothes for a play and help him/her to get dressed 服装员；服装师

cue, dresser, matinee, opening night, ovation, performance, prompter, rehearsal, stage manager