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cubicle

英 ['kjuːbɪk(ə)l] 美['kjubɪkl]
  • n. 小卧室;小隔间

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词态变化


复数: cubicles;

中文词源


cubicle 小房间

来自cub-,躺下,词源同incubus,succubus.-icle,小词后缀。

英文词源


cubicle
cubicle: see concubine
cubicle (n.)
mid-15c., "bedroom," from Latin cubiculum "bedroom," from cubare "to lie down," originally "bend oneself," from PIE root *keu(b)- "to bend, turn." With Latin -clom, suffix denoting place. Obsolete from 16c. but revived 19c. for "dormitory sleeping compartment," sense of "any partitioned space" (such as a library carrel or, later, office work station) is first recorded 1926.

双语例句


1. She studies in a cubicle in the school library.
她在学校图书馆的小自习室里学习.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. A technical sergeant hunches in a cubicle.
一位技术军士在一间小屋里弯腰坐着.

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3. In the walls of the cubicle there were three orifices.
办公间的墙上有三个孔洞.

来自英汉文学

4. Once again he glanced at his rival in the opposite cubicle.
他再瞥一眼对面办公间里的对手.

来自英汉文学

5. He made his way to the nearest toilet and locked himself in a cubicle.
他走到最近的卫生间,进了一个小隔间后把门反锁上。

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