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

In the dark I went looking for a flashlight and I accidentally bumped into the cupboard.
黑暗中我去寻找手电筒，不小心就撞到了橱柜。
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。
He made an amateur attempt to build a cupboard.
他很外行地试做了一个碗柜。
You could box off the area under the stairs to make a cupboard.
你可以把楼梯下那块地方隔成一只小橱。
The bookcase was a large cupboard with glass doors filled with books;
那书橱是一个大玻璃橱，装满了书；
It was time to consign his bat and glove to the cupboard
该把他的球棒和手套搁进柜子里了。
He took some nails and bits of wood, and built them into a rough cupboard.
他拿了钉子和木头，做了一只粗糙的食品橱。
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。
Mr Worthing is this election's Mr Nice Guy, without any skeletons in his cupboard.
沃辛先生是此次选举中的正派先生，本身没有任何见不得人的丑事。
This glass belongs in the cupboard.
这个玻璃杯应放在碗橱里。