kneehole

For years I dreamed of having the sort of massive oak slab that would dominate a room—no more child's desk in a trailer laundry-closet, no more cramped kneehole in a rented house.

多年以来，我一直梦想那种巨大厚橡木板做书桌，占据书房最显要位置——再窝拖洗衣台上，再租来房子里憋屈着膝盖。