highboy

英 ['ha?b??] 美['ha?b??]
  • n. 有腳的高櫥;高腳抽屜柜

中文詞源


highboy 高衣柜

high,高,boy,詞源不確定,可能來自法語bois,木頭,詞源同bush,或直接來自boy,表親昵。比較lowboy,tallboy.

英文詞源


highboy (n.)
"tall chest of drawers," 1891, American English (see tallboy); a hybrid, the second element is from French bois "wood" (see bush).