flat-pack
/ˈflæt pæk/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈflæt pæk/ (ame, ipa)
flat-pack — noun
1. Furniture sold as separate parts in a slim cardboard box, which you assemble you
Furniture sold as separate parts in a slim cardboard box, which you assemble yourself after buying it.
Christopher spent Saturday building a flat-pack desk for his daughter's room.
build a flat-pack + furniture item
After dinner, Hana opened the flat-pack and sorted the screws into cups.
open the flat-pack — unpacking before assembly
Arjun returned the flat-pack because one side panel was cracked.
The flat-pack arrived in three cartons, each labelled with a step number.
Even with the video guide, Maeve assembled the flat-pack backwards.
- ready-to-assemble furniture
more explicit and more common in North American English
- self-assembly furniture
stresses that the buyer must put it together
- kit furniture
less common and slightly more technical
- pre-assembled furniture
already built before delivery
文法句型
buy / order / return a flat-pack
assemble / build a flat-pack
flat-pack + desk / wardrobe / shelf
用法筆記
Usually refers to furniture sold for home assembly, not to the cardboard box by itself. Common in British English; North American English more often uses 'ready-to-assemble furniture'.