单词 | cupboard |
释义 | 🔑 cup·boardBrE /ˈkʌbəd/ NAmE /ˈkʌbərd/ noun 🔑 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🔑 (BrE ) (NAmE closet ) a space in a wall with a door that reaches the ground , used for storing things 壁橱◆ built -in cupboards 壁橱 ➡ see also airing cupboard, broom cupboard ● the ˌcupboard is ˈbare (BrE ) used to say that there is no money for sth 食橱是空的(指没钱购买)◆ 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。ORIGINThis expression refers to a children's nursery rhyme about Old Mother Hubbard , who had nothing in her cupboard to feed her dog .源自一首关于老妈哈伯德的儿歌。她的食橱里没有喂狗的东西。● ˈcupboard love (BrE ) affection that sb , especially a child , shows towards sb else in order to get sth (尤指小孩)有所企图的亲热● a skeleton in the ˈcupboard (BrE ) (also a skeleton in the ˈcloset NAmE , BrE ) (informal ) 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 |
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