| 词汇 | cubbyhole |
| 释义 | cubbyhole noun[ C ] (mainly UKcubby hole, cubby-hole)uk /ˈkʌb.i.həʊl/ us /ˈkʌb.i.hoʊl/ a very small room or space for storing things: 小储藏室;小柜子 You could have a romantic dinner hidden away in the two-person cubby hole, complete with curtain. A cubby-hole off the kitchen served as his personal office. Amy had a fantastic built-in bunk bed with lots of cubbyholes, cupboards and shelving. Compare snugnounUK It's one of those old roll-top desks with cubbyholes. The space is a cute cubbyhole with a floor tiled in vinyl records and disco balls hanging from the ceiling. He and I shared a cubby-hole in the office. The glovebox is tiny, but there are plenty of cubby holes and storage spaces. The interior of the car is lavishly furnished with pop-out drinks holders and ticket clips and coin cubby-holes. Parts of buildings: rooms antechamber anteroom atelier attic ballroom drawing room dressing room efficiency room en suite eyrie master bedroom meat locker multi-chambered multi-room observation lounge utility room vestibule waiting room wet room workroom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Furniture for storage He popped back into his cubbyhole. His first visit there was to a small room in the basement—a dark cubbyhole next to the coal room. I could not imagine what this little cubbyhole was, but as there seemed to be nowhere else to go, I went in. It opened along lines previously concealed by the wood's grain and revealed a small cubbyhole built into the wall, probably meant for its present use, concealment. Some of these cubbyholes were so tiny that a canary bird could scarcely have hidden in them, while other places where the stewards looked would have hidden a giant. cubbyhole | American Dictionarycubbyhole noun[ C ] us/ˈkʌb·iˌhoʊl/ a very small room or space Examples of cubbyholecubbyhole In day care centers, for example, children's cubbyholes and art projects are often labeled with their first names. The rooms were more in the nature of cubbyholes into which you could not invite a guest for lack of space. This is a cubbyhole in which the pickets sit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all know that a studio flat is practically a cubbyhole. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Compare the stationmaster's cubbyhole with the purpose-built block of offices in a separate part of the town; that is the distinction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After it is issued it may remain in cubbyholes collecting dust in local authority departments, and is never resurrected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is really a cubbyhole, usually about 7 ft by 4 ft, to which people are usually admitted by night only, being excluded during the daytime hours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It must come out of that cubbyhole, be dusted down and looked at in a way that does not foreclose any of the arguments that might be put forward. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When she was finally given a place of her own again, it was a dark and damp cubbyhole. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Everyone slept in a beehive like complex of cubbyholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Five cubbyholes were situated beneath the lower terraces, of which three appear to have been animal cages that opened directly into the arena. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Coneys then returned to the attic cubbyhole. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Some antique trestle desks are fitted with small cubbyholes and nooks or small drawers at the extremity of the work surface, and thus resemble a bureau gradin. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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