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cubicle

英 ['kjuːbɪk(ə)l] 美 ['kjubɪkl]

解释

n. 小卧室；小隔间

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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.

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例句和用法

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.

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

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

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.

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。