cupboard 英 [ˈkʌbəd]   美 [ˈkʌbərd]

cupboard

cupboard  英 [ˈkʌbəd] 美 [ˈkʌbərd]

n. 碗柜;食橱 

名词复数:cupboards 

kitchen cupboards 厨房用的橱柜
built-in cupboards 壁橱

  • A cupboard is a piece of furniture that's used for storing things. Your kitchen cupboard might actually be full of cups, while the cupboard in your bedroom might hold sweaters and socks.
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  • n. 碗柜;食橱
  • 1. kitchen cupboards

    厨房用的橱柜

  • 2. built-in cupboards

    壁橱

  • cupboard (n.) late 14c., "a board or table to place cups and like objects," from cup (n.) + board (n.1). As a type of closed cabinet for food, etc., from early 16c.
cup·board / ˈkʌbəd ; NAmE ˈkʌbərd / noun 1 a piece of furniture with doors and shelves used for storing dishes, food, clothes, etc. 橱柜;食物柜;衣柜 kitchen cupboards 厨房用的橱柜 2 ( BrE) ( NAmE closet ) a space in a wall with a door that reaches the ground, used for storing things 壁橱 built-in cupboards 壁橱 see also airing cupboard , broom cupboard IDIOMS the ˌcupboard is ˈbare ( BrE) used to say that there is no money for sth 食橱是空的(指没钱购买) They are seeking more funds but the cupboard is bare. 他们正在寻求更多的资金,然而根本找不到。 ORIGIN This expression refers to a children's nursery rhyme about Old Mother Hubbard, who had nothing in her cupboard to feed her dog. 源自一首关于老妈哈伯德的儿歌。她的食橱里没有喂狗的东西。 ˈcupboard love ( BrE) affection that sb, especially a child, shows towards sb else in order to get sth (尤指小孩)有所企图的亲热 more at skeleton cupboard cupboards cup·board / ˈkʌbəd ; NAmE ˈkʌbərd /
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