cupboard

noun

1. 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
2. 壁橱
   a space in a wall with a door that reaches the ground, used for storing things
   1. built-in cupboards
      壁橱

1. 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)
   A cupboard is a piece of furniture that has one or two doors, usually contains shelves, and is used to store things. In British English, cupboard refers to all kinds of furniture like this. In American English, closet is 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。
2. (尤指无窗户的)储物间
   A cupboard is a very small room that is used to store things, especially one without windows.

in AM, use 美国英语用 closet


3. a skeleton in the cupboard → see: skeleton

1. There's an extra duvet in the bottom drawer of the cupboard.
   橱柜最底层的抽屉里还有一床羽绒被。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. There's an extra blanket in the bottom drawer of the cupboard.
   壁橱最下面的抽屉里还有一条多余的毯子。
5. He poked around the top of his cupboard for the bottle of whisky
   他翻遍了食橱的上层，想找那瓶威士忌。
6. 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。
7. The kitchen cupboard was stocked with tins of soup.
   厨房的橱柜里堆满了罐装汤。
8. He took a tumbler from a cupboard.
   他从碗橱里拿出一只平底玻璃杯。
9. 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。
10. The cupboard door slides open along the groove.
    食橱门沿槽移开。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. The cupboard door is hinged on the right, so it opens on the left.
    小橱的右侧装上了合页，所以要从左边开门。
14. It's only cupboard love; she wants some sweets!
    别看她那么讨人喜欢，她要吃糖！
15. 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。
16. Don't fling your shoes in the cupboard, put them in neatly.
    不要把你的鞋随便一扔，要把它们摆放整齐。
17. 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。
18. He made an amateur attempt to build a cupboard.
    他很外行地试做了一个碗柜。
19. 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。
20. The sugar's in the cupboard.
    糖在橱柜里。
21. The clothes cupboard is big enough for you to walk in.
    这衣柜大得可容你进去。
22. This glass belongs in the cupboard.
    这个玻璃杯应放在碗橱里。
23. 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。
24. There is a film of mould over the kitchen cupboard.
    碗柜上有一层薄薄的霉菌。
25. The boy curved the lock and then opened the cupboard.
    男孩弄弯了锁后打开了碗柜。
26. I have some in the cupboard.
    好的。我橱柜里有一些。
27. I have put the plates into the cupboard.
    我把盘子放进碗橱里了。
28. 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；
29. 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。
30. 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。

n.

the cupboard is bare

• （指没钱购买）
  used to say that there is no money for sth
  1. They are seeking more funds but the cupboard is bare.
     他们正在寻求更多的资金，然而根本找不到。

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

1. a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space

   Synonym:    closet