table
US: /ˈteɪbəɫ/
UK: /tˈeɪbəl/
UK: /tˈeɪbəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
table /'teibl/
- danh từ
- cái bàn
- bàn ăn
- at table: đang bàn ăn, trong lúc ngồi ăn
- to lay (set) the table: bày ban ăn
- to clear the table: dọn bàn
- thức ăn bày bàn, mâm cỗ, cỗ bàn
- to keep a good table: ăn sang
- những người ngồi quanh bàn, những người ngồi ăn
- to set all the table laughing: làm cho tất cả những người quanh bàn cười
- (kỹ thuật) bàn máy
- bảng (gỗ, đá...)
- table of stone: bảng đá
- bảng, bản, bản kê, biểu
- table of contents: bảng mục lục
- asironomical table: bản thiên văn
- alphabetical table: bảng chữ cái
- table of prices: bảng giá
- mặt (của hạt ngọc)
- lòng bàn tay
- (địa lý,địa chất) cao nguyên
- to lay a bill on the table
- hoãn bàn về một dự luật không thời hạn
- to lie on the table
- bị hoãn bàn không thời hạn (dự luật)
- to turn the tables on (upon) someone
- (nghĩa bóng) giành lại ưu thế so với ai, làm đảo lộn lại tình thế đố với ai
- ngoại động từ
- đặt lên bàn, để lên bàn
- đưa ra bàn, ghi vào chương trình nghị sự
- to table a motion: đưa ra một đề nghị
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) hoãn bàn không thời hạn (một dự luật...)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
furniture
1 a piece of furniture that consists of a flat top supported by legs: a kitchen table + A table for two, please (= in a restaurant). + I'd like to book a table for tonight. + to set the table (= to put the plates, knives, etc. on it for a meal) + (BrE also) to lay the table + to clear the table (= take away the dirty plates, etc. at the end of a meal) + He questioned her next morning over the breakfast table (= during breakfast). + (BrE, formal) Children must learn to behave at table. + a table lamp (= one that stands on a table) + a billiard / snooker / pool table
Help Note: There are many compounds ending in table. You will find them at their place in the alphabet.
people
2 the people sitting at a table for a meal or to play cards, etc: He kept the whole table entertained with his jokes.
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list of facts / numbers
3 a list of facts or numbers arranged in a special order, usually in rows and columns: a table of contents (= a list of the main points or information in a book, usually at the front of the book) + Table 2 shows how prices and earnings have increased over the past 20 years.
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in sport
4 a list of sports teams, countries, schools, etc. that shows their position in a competition, etc: If Arsenal win this game they'll go to the top of the table. + school performance league tables
mathematics
5 = MULTIPLICATION TABLE: Do you know your six times table?
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Idioms: on the table
1 (BrE) (of a plan, suggestion, etc.) offered to people so that they can consider or discuss it: Management have put several new proposals on the table.
2 (especially AmE) (of a plan, suggestion, etc.) not going to be discussed or considered until a future date
turn the tables (on sb) to change a situation so that you are now in a stronger position than the person who used to be in a stronger position than you
more at CARD n., DRINK v., WAIT v.
+ verb [VN]
1 (BrE) to present sth formally for discussion: to table a question in Parliament + They have tabled a motion for debate at the next Party Conference.
2 (AmE) to leave an idea, a proposal, etc. to be discussed at a later date: They voted to table the proposal until the following meeting.(also table)
+ noun
a list showing the results when a number is multiplied by a set of other numbers, especially 1 to 12, in turn
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 food, victuals, provender, comestible, edibles, eatables, fare, board, provisions:
One can rely on a fine table at Mrs McGuire's.
2 plain, flatland, mesa, tableland, plateau, steppe:
The area is barren lava table from horizon to horizon.
3 (tabular or columnar) list or listing, register, record, tabulation, chart, catalogue, index, inventory, itemization, précis, table of contents:
The figures are easier to understand when arranged in a table.
v.
4 submit, present, offer, proffer, bring forward, bring up, propose:
The bill will be tabled for action today.
5 shelve, postpone, defer, suspend, put off, stay, pigeon-hole, mothball, Colloq put on ice:
When the bill came up we tabled it for six months.
Collocation dictionary
1 piece of furniture
ADJ.
big, high, huge, large, long | little, low, small | circular, rectangular, round, square | drop-leaf, fold-away, folding, trestle
We arranged the party food on a trestle table in the garden.
| baize-covered, glass-topped,
white-clothed, white-napped |
glass, plastic, wooden | polished, scrubbed | ramshackle, rickety, rough | empty
We found an empty table at the back of the restaurant.
| bare | corner, window
We'll take the corner table near the bar, please.
| dining (room), kitchen
She often does her homework at the kitchen table.
| breakfast, dinner, lunch
We never discuss politics at the breakfast table.
| conference, negotiating
They spent hours around the negotiating table.
| billiard, ping-pong, pool, snooker, table-tennis | makeshift
We turned the box upside down and used it as a makeshift table.
VERB + TABLE
sit around/round, sit (down) at
They were all five of them sitting round the kitchen table.
| get up from, leave
He left the table in a hurry.
| lay, set
Please lay the table for six.
| clear
You clear the table and I'll wash the dishes.
| book, reserve
We booked a table in our favourite restaurant for 8 p.m.
TABLE + NOUN
decorations | edge
PREP.
across the ~
She leaned across the table towards him.
| around/round the ~
We gathered round the table to hear his news.
| at the ~
to sit down at the table
| on the ~
She put the vase on the table.
| over the ~
They flirted over the dinner table.
| under the ~
The potato rolled under the table.
PHRASES
the centre/middle of the table, the edge/end/head of the table
My father always sits at the head of the table.
| a round table discussion/meeting, round table talks
All parties took part in the round table discussions on the peace process.
2 list of facts/figures
ADJ.
statistical | league
The league table shows the Danish team in first place with eight points.
VERB + TABLE
compile, draw (up) | see
See Table XII for population figures.
TABLE + VERB
show sth
PREP.
in a/the ~
He showed the price fluctuations in a statistical table. United are second in the table.
PHRASES
the bottom/top of the table, mid-table
The team will be lucky to finish the season mid-table.
Concise English dictionary
tables|tabled|tabling'teɪbl
noun
+a set of data arranged in rows and columns
+a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs
+a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it
+flat tableland with steep edges
+a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game
+food or meals in general
verb
+hold back to a later time
