cubicle
英 ['kju?b?k(?)l]
美['kjub?kl]
- n. 小卧室；小隔间
GRE低频词畅通词汇
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.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 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。
来自辞典例句