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

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；
The kitchen cupboard was stocked with tins of soup.
厨房的橱柜里堆满了罐装汤。
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。
All our glass and China is kept in the cupboard.
我们所有的玻璃器皿和瓷器都放在碗橱里。
I've put all my clothes in that little cupboard with the round window.
我把我的所有衣服都放进那个带圆窗的小柜子里了。
We cleaned the cupboard and chucked out years of accumulated rubbish.
我们把碗橱擦洗干净，又把多年积留的废物清除了出去。
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 cupboard door slides open along the groove.
食橱门沿槽移开。
The carpenter has crafted this cupboard beautifully& he's a real artist.
那个木匠做的这个柜子很漂亮&他真是个能工巧匠。
There is a film of mould over the kitchen cupboard.
碗柜上有一层薄薄的霉菌。