(Brit.)a writing desk with drawers and typically an angled top opening downwards to form a writing surface (英)办公桌 ■(N. Amer.)a chest of drawers (北美)五斗橱
an office or department for transacting particular business (办公机构)部门;署;室 a news bureau. 新闻办公室。 ■the office in a particular place of an organization based elsewhere (驻外地)办事处 the London bureau of the Washington Post. 《华盛顿邮报》驻伦敦办事处。 ■a government department (政府部门)局;司;署;处 the intelligence bureau. 情报局。
语源
late 17th cent.: from French, originally baize' (used to cover writing desks), from Old French burel, probably from bure 'dark brown', based on Greek purros 'red'