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
I'd like to be your friend, too.
我也想成为你的朋友。
When the fruit is scarcest, its taste is sweetest.
物以稀为贵。
Long car journeys are even less pleasant, for it is quite impossible even to read.
乘汽车作长途旅行则更加不舒服，因为连看书都几乎不可能。