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。
• 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。
• The burglar had looked through all the cupboards and drawers.
  窃贼把所有的柜子和抽屉都翻了个遍。
• 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。
• 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。
• Are all your cupboards and closets crammed full?
  你所有的柜子和壁橱都塞满了吗？
• We turned out all the cupboards and drawers and found things we hadn't seen for years.
  我们把所有的橱和抽屉都清理了一下，结果找到了一些多年来未见的东西。
• 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 carpenter has fixed up the wall cupboards.
  木匠把璧橱安装好了。
• 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。