cupboard

英 [ˈkʌbəd]

美 [ˈkʌbərd]

n. 橱柜; 食物柜; 衣柜; 壁橱

复数：cupboards　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.3692 / COCA.9358

习惯用语

the cupboard is bare

cupboard love

（尤指小孩为获得某物的）有所企图的亲热
affection that sb, especially a child, shows towards sb else in order to get sth

a skeleton in the cupboard

隐衷；不可外扬的家丑
something shocking, embarrassing, etc. that has happened to you or your family in the past that you want to keep secret

noun

橱柜；食物柜；衣柜
a piece of furniture with doors and shelves used for storing dishes, food, clothes, etc.
1. kitchen cupboards
  厨房用的橱柜
壁橱
a space in a wall with a door that reaches the ground, used for storing things
1. built-in cupboards
  壁橱

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

noun

I've put all my clothes in that little cupboard with the round window.
我把我的所有衣服都放进那个带圆窗的小柜子里了。
Reaching up to a cupboard he takes out a jar and twists the lid off.
他伸手够到上面的碗橱，拿出一个罐子并把盖子旋开。
The boy curved the lock and then opened the cupboard.
男孩弄弯了锁后打开了碗柜。
I have some in the cupboard.
好的。我橱柜里有一些。
This glass belongs in the cupboard.
这个玻璃杯应放在碗橱里。
There is a film of mould over the kitchen cupboard.
碗柜上有一层薄薄的霉菌。
He took a tumbler from a cupboard.
他从碗橱里拿出一只平底玻璃杯。
Don't huddle all the boxes into one cupboard.
不要把所有这些盒子都塞在一个小橱里。
The sugar's in the cupboard.
糖在橱柜里。
The cupboard door is hinged on the right, so it opens on the left.
小橱的右侧装上了合页，所以要从左边开门。