desk

• n. 辦公桌；服務台；編輯部；（美）講道台；樂譜架
• adj. 書桌的；桌上用的；伏案做的

詞源同disk, 圓盤。引申詞義圓桌，書桌。

desk

desk: [14] Desk, disc, dish, and dais – strange bedfellows semantically – form a little gang of words going back ultimately, via Latin discus, to Greek dískos ‘quoit’. Desk seems perhaps the least likely descendant of ‘quoit’, but it came about like this: Latin discus was used metaphorically, on the basis of its circular shape, for a ‘tray’ or ‘platter, dish’; and when such a tray was set on legs, it became a table. (German tisch ‘table’ comes directly from Vulgar Latin in this sense.) By the time English acquired it from medieval Latin it seems already to have developed the specialized meaning ‘table for writing or reading on’.
=> dais, disc, dish

desk (n.)

mid-14c., from Medieval Latin desca "table to write on" (mid-13c.), from Latin discus "quoit, platter, dish," from Greek diskos (see disk (n.)). The Medieval Latin is perhaps via Italian desco. Used figuratively of office or clerical work since 1797; desk job is first attested 1965.

1. He folded the papers and stuck them in his desk drawer.

他將文件疊起來，塞進自己的書桌抽屜裏。

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2. They will need a reasonable amount of desk area and good light.

他們將需要一個麵積較大的擺放辦公桌的地方和充足的照明。

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3. He gave the girl at the desk the message.

他把便條遞給了桌旁的女孩。

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4. On his desk is a mass of books and papers.

他的書桌上有大堆的書籍和文件。

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5. He had gone to the reception desk, presumably to check out.

他已經去前台了，可能是要辦理退房手續。

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