furniture
/ˈfɜːnɪtʃə(r)/noun
mass noun
1
- large movable equipment, such as tables and chairs, that are used to make a house, office, or other space suitable for living or working家具。
1.1
- figurative a person's habitual attitude, outlook, and way of thinking〈喻〉（人的）习惯看法; 惯常的见解：
the mental furniture of the European.
欧洲人习惯性的想法。
2
- usu. with adj. or noun modifier small accessories or fittings for a particular use or piece of equipment（有特定用途或某设备的）附件, 装置：
the more sophisticated Mac furniture-number wheels, colour pickers, and so on.
更先进的麦金托什机装置——号码轮, 色彩采集器等等。
2.1
- the mountings of a rifle步枪底托。
2.2
- Printing pieces of wood or metal placed round or between metal type to make blank spaces and fasten the matter in the chase【印刷】（排版用的）大空铅, 填空材料。
短语
part of the furniture
- informal a person or thing that has been somewhere so long as to seem a permanent, unquestioned, or invisible feature of the landscape〈非正式〉习以为常（或司空见惯）的人（或物）。
词源
early 16th cent. (denoting the action of furnishing)： from French fourniture, from fournir, from Old French furnir 'to furnish'.