- (British English)
a desk with drawers and usually a top that opens down to make a table to write on （附抽屜及活動寫字台的）書桌 There was just enough space for a fold-up bed, washstand and bureau. 僅僅夠空間放下一張折疊床、一個洗手台和鬥櫃。
- (North American English) (also chest of drawers, dresser ())
a piece of furniture with drawers (= parts like boxes built into it with handles on the front for pulling them out) for keeping clothes in 五鬥櫥；（有抽屜的）衣櫥 an office or organization that provides information on a particular subject （提供某方面信息的）辦事處，辦公室，機構 She works for an employment bureau. 她在一家職業介紹所工作。 a convention bureau (= an office that provides information and services for people organizing conferences) 會議局 - (especially North American English)
a visitor’s bureau (= an office that provides information for tourists) 旅遊局
Extra ExamplesTopics Holidaysc2She had a friend in the press bureau. 她有個朋友在新聞局工作。 The bureau handles millions of requests each year. 該辦事處每年處理數百萬項請求。 You can get advice on a wide variety of subjects including money, debt, and legal problems, from your local Citizens' Advice bureau. 你可以從當地的公民咨詢局獲得各種各樣的建議，包括金錢、債務和法律問題。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- federal
- government
- census
- …
- contact
- go to
- establish
- …
- handle something
- staff
- chief
- at a/the bureau
- in a/the bureau
- bureau of
- …
(in the US) a government department or part of a government department （美國政府部門）局，處，科 the Federal Bureau of Investigation 聯邦調查局 the US Bureau of Prisons 美國監獄管理局
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- federal
- government
- census
- …
- contact
- go to
- establish
- …
- handle something
- staff
- chief
- at a/the bureau
- in a/the bureau
- bureau of
- …
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French, originally ‘baize’ (used to cover writing desks), from Old French burel, probably from bure ‘dark brown’, based on Greek purros ‘red’.