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

• They poked around in their kitchen cupboards, watched them cook and followed them as they shopped.
  他们在厨房的橱柜了仔细检查，观察美国人做饭，跟着美国人买东西。
• I don't know where they will put the cupboards.
  我不知道他们要把柜橱放在哪儿。
• 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。
• 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。
• Check closets and cupboards.
  检查壁橱和食橱。
• These cupboards are flush with the wall.
  这些食橱与墙壁齐平。
• He cleared out the cupboards.
  他把柜子收拾干净了。
• 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。
• 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。
• One wall was covered in plywood, hiding cupboards and the bathroom door.
  一面墙上覆盖着胶合板，将橱柜和卫生间的门隐藏住。