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

• The kitchen has smart black tiling, worksurfaces and cupboards.
  厨房有漂亮的黑色瓷砖地面、操作台面和碗橱。
• He cleared out the cupboards.
  他把柜子收拾干净了。
• After looking in all the kitchen cupboards, he found some tins of dog food in the laundry.
  他把厨房里的柜子搜了个遍，，最后在洗衣间里找到一些沟施罐头。
• One wall was covered in plywood, hiding cupboards and the bathroom door.
  一面墙上覆盖着胶合板，将橱柜和卫生间的门隐藏住。
• On top of the cupboards are vast straw baskets which Pat uses for dried flower arrangements
  橱柜顶上摆着帕特用来插干花的大草篮。
• Are all your cupboards and closets crammed full?
  你所有的柜子和壁橱都塞满了吗？
• These cupboards are flush with the wall.
  这些食橱与墙壁齐平。
• The special agents broke into his room and rummaged through chests and cupboards but couldn't find anything suspicious.
  那些特务冲进他的房间翻箱倒柜地搜了一遍，但没有发现任何可疑的东西。
• The only food left in his cupboards were bread, one potato and a carrot.
  他橱柜里剩下的食物只有面包、一个马铃薯和一根红萝卜。
• I've made a rough drawing of what I had in mind for the cupboards in the kitchen.
  我已经画了一张我想象中的厨房碗橱的草图。