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snooker/billiard/ping-pong etc table• The room was bare except for a ping-pong table on folding trestle legs.• And time is measured out by the di-dock, di-dock of a Ping-pong table.• By the production line stand basketball nets and ping-pong tables for use during breaks.• In front of the platform stood a pair of billiard tables, as shown overleaf.• Leaning against the Ping-Pong table, he picked up the stethoscope and felt its peculiar rubbery tubes.• The youth leader conveyed her thanks for the re-covering of the snooker table.• Gretel, looking half awake, was standing on the other side of the Ping-Pong table.• She slashed wildly at the ball with the edge of the bat, and the ball bounced under the snooker table.

4 list 表格TCN a list of numbers, facts, or information arranged in rows across and down a page （一覽）表，表格

table of

a table of results

成績表

the table of contents

5 on the table an offer, idea etc that is on the table has been officially suggested and someone is considering it 〔提議、想法等〕正式提交考慮，被擺到桌面上

The offer on the table is a 10% wage increase.

目前提出的工資方案加薪10%。

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on the table• Breakfast was already on the table when Stephen went downstairs.• Smith is happy just to get his bill on the table.• The office fellows on the table behind laughed abruptly and in unison.• He straightened in his chair, palms flat on the table, cigarette jutting from his mouth.• Kelly hopes to have a proposal on the table within four months.• We also came up with a laundry list of key issues that had always been there but never put on the table.• She took the two gifts from her handbag and set them on the table.• Explanation At the beginning of the demonstration, the stick was on the table.

6 turn the tables (on somebody) OPPOSITE/REVERSEBEAT/DEFEATto change a situation completely, so that someone loses an advantage and you gain one 轉弱爲強，反敗爲勝；扭轉形勢壓倒（某人）

The tables were turned in the second half, when Leeds United scored from the penalty spot.

下半場時利茲聯隊罰點球得分，場上局勢發生了逆轉。

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turn the tables (on somebody)• That would certainly turn the tables, Blue thinks, that would certainly stand the whole business on its head.• Isn't it nice to see a couple turning the tables on a double-glazing salesman?• So much for turning the tables.• Antony has turned the tables completely and has now completely destroyed all hopes of the conspirators ever establishing themselves in Rome.• Her record speed has turned the tables on Runyan, the defending champion.• Especially when such a rider turns the tables.• That turns the tables on movie ratings.• Glenn Hoddle reckons Town are a good bet to turn the tables.• It's time to turn the tables.

7 under the table informalILLEGAL money that is paid under the table is paid secretly and illegally 〔錢〕私下非法支付

Payments were made under the table to local officials.

給當地官員偷偷塞了錢。

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under the table• Andrea suddenly ducked under the table to avoid Heather.• A perfect end to a perfect day: a chocolate-smeared face peers up from under the table.• He thought she looked maddeningly attractive, and emboldened by the fine claret, pressed his knee against hers under the table.• They paid him under the table so he wouldn't have to pay taxes.• He looks under the table and sees a bare toe rubbing the toe of his sneaker.• payments made under the table to local officials• It can be hidden from the tax man, laundered to disguise its source and passed under the table in bribes.• They laughed so hard they slid under the table.• Anna sees something under the table by the tree.• At that I push the chair all the way under the table and we give each other these glowing smiles.

8 MATHS 數學times table a list that young children learn, in which all the numbers between 1 and 12 are multiplied by each other 乘法表 SYN multiplication table

three/four etc times table

He’s 12 years old and still doesn’t know his three times table.

他12歲了，卻還不會背3的乘法口訣。

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times table• She knew her times tables and her Catechism.• For Peter, puzzles are great fun; he likes to learn such details as state capitals and the times tables.• I expect to recycle our work on the times tables.• And I don't really know my Two Times Table.

9 group 群；組GROUP OF PEOPLE the group of people sitting around a table 一桌人，同席的人

His stories kept the whole table amused.

他的故事把一桌子的人都逗樂了。

COLLOCATIONS

verbs

set/lay the table (=put knives, forks etc on a table before a meal) 擺放餐具

The table was set for fourteen.

桌子上擺放了14人的餐具。

clear the table (=take plates etc off) 收拾餐桌

Do you want me to clear the table?

你要我來收拾餐桌嗎？

sit at a table 坐在桌前（吃飯）

He was sitting at a corner table.

他坐在角落的一張桌子前。

sit around a table 圍桌而坐

nWe sat around the table and talked.

get up from/leave the table 從餐桌邊起身/離開餐桌

nShe stood up from her chair and left the table.

book/reserve a table (=in a restaurant) 預訂餐桌

nI've booked a table for four at a local restaurant.

NOUN + table

dinner/breakfast table 餐桌/早餐桌

Will you clear the breakfast table?

你收拾一下早餐桌好嗎？

bedside/kitchen/dining-room table 床頭櫃/廚房餐桌/飯廳餐桌

nThey were chatting around the kitchen table.

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table• Table 18 shows the relationship between education and voting practices.• He led them, a procession of six, to a table right next to a platform.• She looked down at the kitchen table.• Helium, the next element in the periodic table, contains two electrons encircling a nucleus containing two protons.• A single bed sheet makes a good-sized tablecloth for an average rectangular table and you can choose exactly the colour you want.• the dining room table• All of it was sold from commercial operations so compact that they frequently fitted on a two-foot-square folding television table.• He puts it flat on the table and opens the cover and shows me the copyright.• I hurried back to the table and sat down.

table of contents• Indexing is based on surrogates such as tables of contents rather than the full contents of a node.• That means that it knows about things like sections and chapters, tables of contents, indexes and anchored text and graphics.• Press 6 to define the table of contents.• Is his name even mentioned in the table of contents?• Remember to include page numbers after each heading or the table of contents will be of little value to the reader.• Finally, all manuals should end with an index which supplements the table of contents at the beginning.• The table of contents is used as an index for finding particular material.

table2 verb [transitiveT]

1 table a proposal/question/motion etc British EnglishBrESUGGEST to formally present a proposal etc for other people to discuss 提交議案/問題/動議等〔供討論〕

Dr Clark tabled a motion for debate at next month’s committee meeting.

克拉克博士提出一項動議，在次月的委員會會議上辯論。

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table a proposal/question/motion etc• The Umpires' Association had planned to table a motion giving an official vote of support for Lamb.• He has tabled a question on the issue for tomorrow's council meeting.• Even our own wets will summon up the courage to table a question or two.• If the hon. Gentleman wants to table a question or write to me, I shall be glad to enlarge upon that.• The move came after a vote by regents indefinitely tabling a motion to rescind their July 20 vote revising admissions policies.• Baldwin tabled proposals which involved payments of £34 million a year.

2. table a bill/measure/proposal etc American EnglishAmEPOSTPONE/DO LATER to leave a bill etc to be discussed or dealt with in the future 擱置法案/措施/議案等〔留待日後處理〕

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table a bill/measure/proposal etc• For example, by the drinks table Bill Muggeridge seemed to be trying to make up to Mrs Crumwallis.• At that time, Dole voted to table a measure that would have negated the Supreme Court ruling.• Baldwin tabled proposals which involved payments of £34 million a year.

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table• Endlessly clear skies and lowering water tables.• Nottingham Forest are planning a £500,000 bid for the big Ballyclare man; expect it to be tabled some time next week.

From Longman Business Dictionary

tableta·ble1 /ˈteɪbəl/ noun [countableC]

1used to refer to a place where people come together to discuss important matters

The union has threatened to walk away from the bargaining table if a settlement isn’t made soon.

The government agreed to return to the negotiating table on May 6.

2a list of numbers, facts, or information arranged in rows across and down a page

Distribution tables should show taxes actually paid.

a book’s table of contents

→ life table

3on the table an offer, idea etc that is on the table has been officially suggested and you are considering it

The offer on the table at the moment is a 10% wage increase.

4on the table American EnglishAmE an offer, idea etc that is on the table is no longer being considered at the moment but will be dealt with in the future

5under the table money that is paid under the table is paid secretly and illegally to someone in order to get what you want

Payments were made under the table to local officials.

tabletable2 verb

1table a proposal/question/demand etc British EnglishBrE to suggest something for other people to consider

Two separate proposals were tabled.

2table a bill/measure/proposal etc American EnglishAmE to leave something to be dealt with in the future

He tabled the bills to break up the state monopolies in insurance and telecommunications.

Origin table1

(1100-1200) Old French Latin tabula “board, list”

ta·ble1 noun →COLLOCATIONS1table2 verb

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