flat-pack
/ˈflæt pæk/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈflæt pæk/ (ame, ipa)
flat-pack — 名詞
1. Furniture sold as separate parts in a slim cardboard box, which you assemble you
平板包裝家具
拆件裝箱、買回家後自行組裝的家具
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.
Christopher 花了整個星期六組裝女兒房間的平板包裝書桌。
build a flat-pack + furniture item
After dinner, Hana opened the flat-pack and sorted the screws into cups.
晚餐後，Hana 打開那組平板包裝家具，先把螺絲分進幾個杯子裡。
open the flat-pack — unpacking before assembly
Arjun returned the flat-pack because one side panel was cracked.
Arjun 把那組平板包裝家具退回去，因為其中一片側板裂開了。
The flat-pack arrived in three cartons, each labelled with a step number.
那組平板包裝家具分成三箱送到，每箱都貼著步驟編號。
Even with the video guide, Maeve assembled the flat-pack backwards.
就算有影片教學，Maeve 還是把那組平板包裝家具裝反了。
- 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'.