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

• Check closets and cupboards.
  检查壁橱和食橱。
• The paintwork, the wardrobes and the bedside cupboards were coffee-cream.
  漆面、衣柜和床头柜是浅咖啡色的。
• 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。
• These cupboards are flush with the wall.
  这些食橱与墙壁齐平。
• We finished scrubbing out the inside of all the cupboards.
  我们把所有的碗柜里面都擦洗完了。
• 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。
• The carpenter has fixed up the wall cupboards.
  木匠把璧橱安装好了。
• I don't know where they will put the cupboards.
  我不知道他们要把柜橱放在哪儿。
• The cupboards need sorting out.
  柜厨需要整理了。
• 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。