- 1nA2/ˈteɪbəlklɔːθ/ · /ˈteɪbəlklɒθ/桌布
A piece of cloth that you put over a table to cover it.
示範例句 · Example
Mei helped Mum spread a clean tablecloth on the dining table.
逐字美幫媽媽把一塊乾淨的桌布鋪在餐桌上。
「tablecloth」是「鋪在桌子上的布」，台灣最常說「桌布」，也有人說「台布」。核心畫面可以想成「整張桌子鋪上去的大布」——保護桌面，也讓餐桌看起來整齊漂亮。跟 napkin 分開：napkin 是擦嘴／擦手的小餐巾；tablecloth 是整張桌子的大布。跟 placemat 分開：placemat 是一人一份、放在盤子下面的小餐墊。常見：white tablecloth、linen tablecloth、spread / put on a tablecloth。
常見搭配
white tablecloth
白色桌布
a tablecloth that is white
Mum laid a white tablecloth before the guests arrived.
linen tablecloth
亞麻桌布
a tablecloth made of linen cloth
Grandma keeps a special linen tablecloth for festivals.
spread / put on a tablecloth
鋪上桌布
to place a tablecloth over a table
Can you help me spread the tablecloth before dinner?
shake a tablecloth
抖桌布
to hold a tablecloth and shake crumbs off it
She shook the tablecloth over the balcony after breakfast.
checkered / checked tablecloth
格子桌布
a tablecloth with a pattern of squares
The picnic table had a red checkered tablecloth.
on the tablecloth
在桌布上
resting on top of the tablecloth
Sam put the plates carefully on the tablecloth.
core核心畫面
The word says exactly what it is: `table` + `cloth`, a sheet of fabric laid over a table so the wood disappears under it. Picture the moment someone shakes it open and lets it settle — the table is still there, but what you now see and set the plates on is cloth.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
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tableclothnoun
- 1
A cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table.
- Just across the field stood a small house. In the yard the week's washing was hung out. Among the articles was a red tablecloth.
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