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

• When I turned from the body, I noticed that all the cupboards were open.
  我扭过头去，发现所有的橱柜都打开了。
• I don't know where they will put the cupboards.
  我不知道他们要把柜橱放在哪儿。
• They had stocked their cupboards with food for the holidays.
  他们的橱柜里装满了为节日储备的食物。
• Customize your closets and cupboards with wire racks, bins, and shelves.
  自定义您的衣柜和橱柜与钢丝衣架，垃圾桶，和货架。
• I must do out these cupboards tomorrow.
  我明天必须清理这些橱柜。
• Do you constantly end up getting take-out because the cupboards are bare?
  你是否总是因为橱柜空了才不得不叫外卖？
• 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。
• 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。
• We're going to have built-in cupboards in the bedrooms.
  我们将在卧室安装嵌入式衣橱。
• Check closets and cupboards.
  检查壁橱和食橱。