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

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。
The cupboard door slides open along the groove.
食橱门沿槽移开。
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。
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。
He made an amateur attempt to build a cupboard.
他很外行地试做了一个碗柜。
The boy curved the lock and then opened the cupboard.
男孩弄弯了锁后打开了碗柜。
The sugar's in the cupboard.
糖在橱柜里。
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。
This glass belongs in the cupboard.
这个玻璃杯应放在碗橱里。
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。