desk: translation
noun
1 type of table
ADJECTIVE
▪ big, huge, large, massive
▪ executive
▪ small
▪ leather-topped, metal, wooden
▪ mahogany, oak, etc.
▪ antique
▪ empty
▪ The empty desk suggested she had already gone home.
▪ cluttered, messy, untidy (esp.BrE)
▪ writing
▪ computer
▪ office, school
VERB + DESK
▪ sit at
▪ get up from, leave
▪ He got up from his desk and went to the window.
▪ clean, clean out, clear
▪ My desk gets very cluttered if I don't clear it at the end of each day.
▪ arrive on, cross, hit, land on
▪ A very strange request landed on my desk this morning.
▪ cover, litter
▪ Papers littered the desk and the floor.
DESK + NOUN
▪ drawer, top
▪ calendar (esp. AmE), diary (BrE)
▪ chair, lamp, phone
▪ space
▪ a computer which takes up less desk space
▪ job
▪ jockey (= someone who works at a desk) (AmE, informal)
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the desk
▪ He was sitting at his desk working when we got home.
▪ behind a/the desk
▪ The manager sat frowning behind his desk throughout the whole interview.
▪ on a/the desk
▪ I left the file on your desk.
2 place in a building where a service is provided
ADJECTIVE
▪ front, main, reception
▪ Leave your valuables at the reception desk.
▪ hotel
▪ cash (BrE), check-in, help, information, reference, registration, security, service, support (esp. AmE), trading
▪ She paid for the book at the cash desk.
▪ Staff experiencing problems with their computers should call the help desk.
▪ news
▪ anchor (= where a television presenter sits) (AmE), copy (= where news text is edited) (AmE)
VERB + DESK
▪ call
▪ She called the front desk to let them know that he would be arriving.
▪ man, run, work (AmE)
▪ I worked the front desk as one of my first jobs.
DESK + NOUN
▪ clerk (AmE), officer, staff
▪ editor
▪ duty
▪ They put me on desk duty for a month.
PREPOSITION
▪ at the … desk
▪ There was a long wait at the check-in desk.
▪ on the … desk
▪ We asked the man on the information desk for a map of the city.