桌子用英语表示为table，其英式读音为[ˈteɪbl]，美式读音为[ˈteɪbl]。table可作名词和及物动词，基本含义除了“桌子”之外，还有“台子”、“一览表”、“提出”、“把…列入议事日程”、“搁置”等意思。

table主要作为名词和及物动词，意为桌子;表;台子;几;(就餐或玩牌等的)一桌人;一览表；提出，把…列入议事日程;(将主意、建议等)搁置。例句有：

1、I'd like to book a table for tonight.

我想为今天晚上预订一个桌位。

2、He kept the whole table entertained with his jokes.

他笑话不断，把全桌人逗得直乐。

3、If Arsenal win this game they'll go to the top of the table.

阿森纳队如果赢得这场比赛，就会登上积分榜首。

4、Do you know your six times table?

你会背六的乘法口诀吗？

5、They have tabled a motion for debate at the next Party Conference.

他们已经提出一项动议，在下次党的会议上进行辩论。

6、They voted to table the proposal until the following meeting.

他们投票决定把这项建议留到下次会议讨论。

7、She was sitting at the kitchen table eating a currant bun...

她正坐在餐桌旁，吃着葡萄干圆面包。

8、They've tabled a motion criticising the Government for doing nothing about the problem.

他们提交了一项动议，批评政府在该问题上无所作为。

9、He didn't know his eleven-times table...

他不知道11的乘法口诀。

10、This is one of the best packages we've put on the table in years...

这是我们几年来提交的最好的几套方案之一。

11、Children must learn to behave at table.

小孩必须学会吃饭时的规矩。

12、Table 2 shows how prices and earnings have increased over the past 20 years.

表2显示了过去20年来价格和收入的增长情况。