Phrase
chest of drawers
五屉橱,衣柜
a piece of furniture with a set of drawers for storing clothes or other items
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A piece of furniture which has multiple parallel, horizontal drawers stacked one above the other, used mainly for the storage of clean clothes.
一种家具,有多个平行排列的水平抽屉,层层叠放,主要用于存放干净衣物。
一种家具,有多个平行排列的水平抽屉,层层叠放,主要用于存放干净衣物。；五屉橱；衣柜
In use
She keeps her sweaters folded neatly in the chest of drawers.
I need to buy a new chest of drawers for my bedroom.
The chest of drawers in the hallway is made of oak.
a chest of drawers (singular countable noun with indefinite article)
chest of drawers 是可数名词，单数形式前需用不定冠词 a。
I need a chest of drawers for my bedroom.
我的卧室需要一个五屉橱。
the chest of drawers (specific reference with definite article)
特指某件家具时用定冠词 the，谓语动词用单数。
The chest of drawers is an antique.
这个五屉橱是件古董。
in the chest of drawers (prepositional phrase for location)
介词 in 表示物品存放的位置。
She keeps her jewelry in the chest of drawers.
她把首饰放在五屉橱里。
chests of drawers (plural form)
复数形式是把 chest 变复数，drawers 保持不变。
There are two chests of drawers in the guest room.
客房里有两个五屉橱。
Common mistakes
I need to buy two chest of drawers.I need to buy two chests of drawers.
当指多个五屉橱时，chest 应该变为复数形式 chests，而 of drawers 保持不变。
The drawer chest is full.The chest of drawers is full.
英语中表示五屉橱的固定短语是 chest of drawers，不能调换词序说成 drawer chest。
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Learner notes
Grammar Note
常用单数形式，复数形式为chests of drawers
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