cubicle
英 ['kjuːbɪk(ə)l]
美 ['kjubɪkl]
GRE
cubicle 小房间来自cub-,躺下，词源同incubus,succubus.-icle,小词后缀。
- 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.
- 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
