credenza

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /kɹəˈdɛnzə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sideboard or buffet.
    — Two credenze dating about the middle of the century, shown in Figures 135 and 136, illustrate the stage of excessive ornamentation of furniture reached about this time.
  2. A horizontal filing cabinet, typically placed behind a desk.
    — I wandered over to his record collection, past his mantel displaying mid-century lighters, past his closet filled with trench coats and shoehorns, past his credenza stacked with pamphlets.

词形变化

credenzas plural credenze plural

词源

Borrowed from Italian credenza. Doublet of credence.
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