cupboard
noun [ C ] uk/?k?b.?d/ us/?k?b.?d/
A2 橱柜;壁橱;壁柜
a piece of furniture or a small part of a room with a door or doors behind which there is space for storing things, usually on shelves
a kitchen cupboard 厨房碗柜
a built-in cupboard 内置壁橱
Is there plenty of cupboard space (= are there many cupboards) in your new house? 你的新居有很多壁柜吗？
- More examples
- I heard a voice from the cupboard shouting "Let me out!"
- I found these apples mouldering in the cupboard.
- Use your noddle - clear the shelves before you paint the cupboard!
- I found my tennis racket at the back of the cupboard.
- I keep all the children's playthings in that big cupboard.
Idiom
the cupboard is bareidiom 橱柜空空;家里一点吃的都没有了;没钱（做某事）
used to say that there is no food in a house or that there is no money, etc. available
I'd like to help you out, Paul, but I'm afraid the cupboard is bare. 保罗，我倒是想帮助你，不过恐怕我也是两手空空。
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