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a piece of furniture with doors and shelves used for storing dishes, food, clothes, etc. 櫥櫃;食物櫃;衣櫃 kitchen cupboards 廚房用的櫥櫃 a stationery/linen cupboard 文具/亞麻櫥櫃 a cupboard door 食櫥(烤箱)門 There's plenty of food in the cupboards. 櫥櫃裏有很多食物。 I found it hidden in the back of a cupboard. 我發現它藏在櫥櫃後面。
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesa2Do you have much cupboard space in your new house? 你的新房子裏櫥櫃空間很大嗎? The cupboard was full of old spices. 櫥櫃裏放滿了時間過久的香料。 We had some new cupboard units fitted in the kitchen. 我們在廚房裏裝了一些新的組合櫥櫃。 She opened the cupboard door above the sink. 她打開水槽上方的櫃門。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- deep
- large
- …
- close
- open
- look in
- …
- be full of something
- door
- space
- in a/the cupboard
- (British English) (North American English closet)
a space in a wall with a door that reaches the ground, used for storing things 壁櫥 The kitchen has built-in cupboards and shelves. 廚房有嵌入式的櫥櫃和架子。 The tool kit is in the cupboard under the stairs. 工具箱在樓梯下的櫃子裏。 a store cupboard 櫥櫃
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- deep
- large
- …
- close
- open
- look in
- …
- be full of something
- door
- space
- in a/the cupboard
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a table or sideboard on which cups, plates, etc. were displayed): from cup + board.
Idioms
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)有所企圖的親熱
a skeleton in the cupboard (British English)
(also a skeleton in the closet North American English, British English)
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something shocking, embarrassing, etc. that has happened to you or your family in the past that you want to keep secret 隐衷;不可外揚的家醜