cupboard
noun /ˈkʌbəd/
/ˈkʌbərd/
Idioms - 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 - a stationery/linen cupboard
文具/亚麻橱柜 - a cupboard door
食橱(烤箱)门 - There's plenty of food in the cupboards.
橱柜里有很多食物。 - I found it hidden in the back of a cupboard.
我发现它藏在橱柜后面。
Topics Houses and homesa2- Do you have much cupboard space in your new house?
你的新房子里橱柜空间很大吗？ - The cupboard was full of old spices.
橱柜里放满了时间过久的香料。 - We had some new cupboard units fitted in the kitchen.
我们在厨房里装了一些新的组合橱柜。 - She opened the cupboard door above the sink.
她打开水槽上方的柜门。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- deep
- large
- …
- close
- open
- look in
- …
- be full of something
- door
- space
- in a/the cupboard
- kitchen cupboards
- (British English)(North American English closet)a space in a wall with a door that reaches the ground, used for storing things
壁橱 - The kitchen has built-in cupboards and shelves.
厨房有嵌入式的橱柜和架子。 - The tool kit is in the cupboard under the stairs.
工具箱在楼梯下的柜子里。 - a store cupboard
橱柜
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- deep
- large
- …
- close
- open
- look in
- …
- be full of something
- door
- space
- in a/the cupboard
- The kitchen has built-in cupboards and shelves.
词源late Middle English (denoting a table or sideboard on which cups, plates, etc. were displayed): from cup + board.
Idioms
the cupboard is bare
- (British English) used to say that there is no money for something
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。
- They are seeking more funds but the cupboard is bare.
cupboard love
- (British English, old-fashioned) love that somebody, especially a child, shows towards somebody else in order to get something
（尤指小孩）有所企图的亲热
a skeleton in the cupboard (British English)
(also a skeleton in the closet North American English, British English)
- (informal) something shocking, embarrassing, etc. that has happened to you or your family in the past that you want to keep secret
隐衷；不可外扬的家丑