1 a piece of furniture with a flat top supported by legs 桌子；台子: a dining/bedside/coffee/kitchen table 餐桌；床头几；茶几；厨房用桌Could you lay / set the tablefor lunch? (= put the knives, forks, plates, etc on it) 你摆餐具准备用午餐好吗？Let me help you clear the table (= remove the dirty plates, etc at the end of a meal). 我来帮你收拾餐桌。 ☞We put things on the table but we sit at the table (= around the table). 把东西放在桌子上说put things on the table，坐在桌子旁用sit at the table。 ☞picture on page C7 见C7页插图

2 a list of facts or figures, usually arranged in rows and columns down a page 一览表: Table 3 shows the results. 表3列出结果。