ta·ble
noun/ˈteɪbl/
/ˈteɪbl/
Idioms 
enlarge imagea piece of furniture that consists of a flat top supported by legs桌子；台子；几 - at a/the table We sat at a round table in the corner.
我们坐在角落的一张圆桌旁。 - around/round a/the table They were sitting around the kitchen table.
他们围着餐桌坐着。 - She took a seat at the end of the table.
她在桌子的一端坐下。 - My father always sits at the head of the table.
我父亲总坐在桌首。 - A table for two, please (= in a restaurant).
请安排两人一桌的位子。 - I'd like to book a table for dinner tonight (= in a restaurant)
我想预订今晚的晚餐餐桌（= 在餐厅） - to set the table
摆餐具 - (British English also) to lay the table (= to put the plates, knives, etc. on it for a meal)
摆餐具 - to clear the table (= take away the dirty plates, etc. at the end of a meal)
（餐后）清理餐桌 - He questioned her next morning over the breakfast table (= during breakfast).
第二天早上，他一边吃着早餐一边查问她。 - a pool/billiard/snooker table
普尔／台球／斯诺克球台
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesa1- He left the table in a hurry.
他匆匆离席。 - James crawled out from under the table.
詹姆斯从桌子下面爬了出来。 - She leaned across the table and kissed him.
她隔着桌探过身去吻了他。 - They flirted over the dinner table.
他们在餐桌上打情骂俏。 - We found an empty table at the back of the restaurant.
我们在餐厅后部找到了一张空桌。 - We gathered around the table to hear his news.
我们围着桌子听他的消息。 - We turned the box upside down and used it as a makeshift table.
我们把箱子倒过来当桌子用。 - We'll take the corner table near the bar, please.
我们坐那张靠吧枱的角桌吧。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- high
- huge
- …
- be seated around
- be seated at
- be seated round
- …
- be piled with something
- be strewn with something
- decorations
- edge
- leg
- …
- across the table
- around the table
- round the table
- …
- the centre/center of the table
- the middle of the table
- the edge of the table
- …
- at a/the table We sat at a round table in the corner.
- the people sitting at a table for a meal or to play cards, etc.
（就餐或玩牌等的）一桌人 - He kept the whole table entertained with his jokes.
他笑话不断，把全桌人逗得直乐。
- He kept the whole table entertained with his jokes.
- a list of facts or numbers arranged in a special order, usually in rows and columns
表；一览表 - a table of contents (= a list of the main points or information in a book, usually at the front of the book)
目录 - The table below shows how prices have changed over the past 20 years.
下表显示了过去 20 年来价格的变化情况。 - in a/the table He showed the price fluctuations in a statistical table.
他用统计表呈现价格的波动情况。 - See Table XII for population figures.
参见表 12 中的人口数字。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- statistical
- league
- multiplication
- …
- compile
- consult
- see
- …
- show something
- in a/the table
- the bottom of the table
- the top of the table
- a table of contents (= a list of the main points or information in a book, usually at the front of the book)
- a list of sports teams, countries, schools, etc. that shows their position in a competition, etc.
（竞赛等的）名次表，排名榜，积分表 - If Arsenal win this game they'll go to the top of the table.
阿森纳队如果赢得这场比赛，就会登上积分榜榜首。 - the bottom of the table
榜尾；榜首 - in a/the table United are second in the table.
联队排在积分榜第二名。 - The team will be lucky to finish the season mid-table.
这支球队赛季结束的时候能排名中游就算幸运了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- statistical
- league
- multiplication
- …
- compile
- consult
- see
- …
- show something
- in a/the table
- the bottom of the table
- the top of the table
- If Arsenal win this game they'll go to the top of the table.
- (also multiplication table, informal times table)a list showing the results when a number is multiplied by a set of other numbers, especially 1 to 12, in turn
乘法表 - Do you know your six times table?
你会背六的乘法表吗？
see also turntable, water table - Do you know your six times table?
furniture
people
list of facts/numbers
in sport
mathematics
Word OriginOld English tabule ‘flat slab, inscribed tablet’, from Latin tabula ‘plank, tablet, list’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French table.
Idioms
bring something to the party/table
- to contribute something useful to a discussion, project, etc.
为（讨论、项目等）作出贡献 - What Hislop brought to the table was real commitment and energy.
希斯洛普作出的贡献是他全身心的投入和干劲。
- What Hislop brought to the table was real commitment and energy.
come to the table
- to join formal discussions about something
加入正式协商；来到谈判桌前 - Different countries come to the table with differing expectations about what they can achieve.
不同国家带着对结果的不同期待参与协商。
- Different countries come to the table with differing expectations about what they can achieve.
drink somebody under the table
- (informal) to drink more alcohol than somebody else without becoming as drunk as they are
（拼酒量）喝倒某人；喝到使某人醉倒
lay/put your cards on the table
- to tell somebody honestly what your plans, ideas, etc. are
摊牌；（把计划或想法等）和盘托出
off the table
- if a topic is off the table at a formal discussion, people are not willing or allowed to discuss it
不予讨论；不得上会 - Some issues were so controversial they were taken off the table.
一些议题争议太大，不在讨论之列。
- Some issues were so controversial they were taken off the table.
on the table
- (of a plan, suggestion, etc.) offered to people so that they can consider or discuss it
提出供考虑；提交讨论 - Management have put several new proposals on the table.
管理部门已将几项新的建议提交讨论。
- Management have put several new proposals on the table.
- (North American English) (of a plan, suggestion, etc.) not going to be discussed or considered until a future date
搁置
turn the tables (on somebody)
- to change a situation so that you are now in a stronger position than the person who used to be in a stronger position than you
扭转形势；转变局面；转弱为强
wait at table
- (formal) to serve food to people, for example at a formal meal
伺候进餐；（往饭桌上）端饭上菜
wait tables
- (North American English) to work serving food to people in a restaurant
（在餐馆）端盘子，招待顾客