Coffee-table
a. 咖啡茶几上作摆设的书（多为装璜精美而内容贫乏的大开本画册）
📖 牛津释义
coffee-table
n small low table 咖啡桌. =>illus at App 1 见附录1之插图, page xvi. `coffee-table book large expensive illustrated book, often placed where visitors may look at it 精装大开本画册（常放在客人能看到的地方）.
🧩 词语组成解析
coffee
['kɔfi]
n. 咖啡豆;咖啡粉;（一杯）咖啡;非正式的社交集会;
table
['tebl]
n. 表，目录;桌子;手术台，工作台，游戏台;平地层;
vt. 制表;搁置;嵌合;搁置;
adj. 桌子的;
🗣️ 情景例句
The owners claimed Gemma?
主人把狗领回去了吗？
Yes. And another thing, would you mind not making long distance calls?
是的。还有一件事，请你别打长途电话了，好吗？
It was necessary first to arrive at that degree of sophistication where we no longer set our own belief against ourneighbour's superstition.
不用自己的信仰去反对我们邻居的迷信。