cupboards

英 [ˈkʌpədz]

美 [ˈkʌbərdz]

n.  橱柜; 食物柜; 衣柜; 壁橱
cupboard的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 橱柜(英国英语中，cupboard 指所有类似的家具；而在美国英语中，常用closet来指较大的此类家具)
  Acupboardis a piece of furniture that has one or two doors, usually contains shelves, and is used to store things. In British English,cupboardrefers to all kinds of furniture like this. In American English,closetis usually used instead to refer to larger pieces of furniture.
  1. The kitchen cupboard was stocked with tins of soup and food.
     厨房的橱柜里备有汤罐头和食品罐头。
• (尤指无窗户的)储物间
  Acupboardis a very small room that is used to store things, especially one without windows.

in AM, use 美国英语用 closet


• a skeleton in the cupboard→ see:skeleton

双语例句

• When I turned from the body, I noticed that all the cupboards were open.
  我扭过头去，发现所有的橱柜都打开了。
• We turned out all the cupboards and drawers and found things we hadn't seen for years.
  我们把所有的橱和抽屉都清理了一下，结果找到了一些多年来未见的东西。
• They had stocked their cupboards with food for the holidays.
  他们的橱柜里装满了为节日储备的食物。
• The cupboards need sorting out.
  柜厨需要整理了。
• They poked around in their kitchen cupboards, watched them cook and followed them as they shopped.
  他们在厨房的橱柜了仔细检查，观察美国人做饭，跟着美国人买东西。
• Are all your cupboards and closets crammed full?
  你所有的柜子和壁橱都塞满了吗？
• All the cupboards stood open.
  所有橱柜都敞开着。
• These cupboards are flush with the wall.
  这些食橱与墙壁齐平。
• We're going to have built-in cupboards in the bedrooms.
  我们将在卧室安装嵌入式衣橱。
• The carpenter has fixed up the wall cupboards.
  木匠把璧橱安装好了。