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a piece of furniture with doors and shelves used for storing dishes, food, clothes, etc. 橱柜；食物柜；衣柜 kitchen cupboards 厨房用的橱柜 a stationery/linen cupboard 文具/亚麻橱柜 a cupboard door 食橱(烤箱)门 There's plenty of food in the cupboards. 橱柜里有很多食物。 I found it hidden in the back of a cupboard. 我发现它藏在橱柜后面。
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesa2Do you have much cupboard space in your new house? 你的新房子里橱柜空间很大吗？ The cupboard was full of old spices. 橱柜里放满了时间过久的香料。 We had some new cupboard units fitted in the kitchen. 我们在厨房里装了一些新的组合橱柜。 She opened the cupboard door above the sink. 她打开水槽上方的柜门。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- deep
- large
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- close
- open
- look in
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- 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 壁橱 The kitchen has built-in cupboards and shelves. 厨房有嵌入式的橱柜和架子。 The tool kit is in the cupboard under the stairs. 工具箱在楼梯下的柜子里。 a store cupboard 橱柜
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）有所企图的亲热
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；不可外扬的家丑