櫃子英語:cupboard。
cupboard:
英 [?k?b?d]、美 [?k?b?rd]?
n.櫥櫃;食物櫃;衣櫃;壁櫥
例句:
The?piece?of?furniture?serves?a?dual?purpose?as?a?cupboard?and?as?a?table.?
這件家具有兩個用途,既作櫥櫃也作飯桌。
用法
n.the cupboard is bare
(BrE) (指沒錢購買)?
used to say that there is no money for sth
They are seeking more funds but the cupboard is bare.
他們正在尋求更多的資金,然而根本找不到。
詞源This expression refers to a children's nursery rhyme about Old Mother Hubbard, who had nothing in her cupboard to feed her dog. 源自壹首關於老媽哈伯德的兒歌。她的食櫥裏沒有餵狗的東西。
cupboard love
(BrE) (尤指小孩為獲得某物的)有所企圖的親熱?
affection that sb, especially a child, shows towards sb else in order to get sth
a skeleton in the cupboard
also a skeleton in the closet NAmE, BrE
(informal) 隱衷;不可外揚的家醜?
something shocking, embarrassing, etc. that has happened to you or your family in the past that you want to keep secret