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🔑 cup·boardBrE /ˈkʌbəd/NAmE /ˈkʌbərd/ noun🔑 a piece of furniture with doors and shelves used for storing dishes, food, clothes, etc. 橱柜；食物柜；衣柜◆kitchen cupboards 厨房用的橱柜🔑 (BrE) (NAmE closet) a space in a wall with a door that reaches the ground, used for storing things 壁橱◆built-in cupboards 壁橱 ➡ see also airing cupboard, broom cupboard  ●the ˌcupboard is ˈbare(BrE) used to say that there is no money for sth 食橱是空的（指没钱购买）◆They are seeking more funds but the cupboard is bare. 他们正在寻求更多的资金，然而根本找不到。 ORIGIN This expression refers to a children's nursery rhyme about Old Mother Hubbard, who had nothing in her cupboard to feed her dog. 源自一首关于老妈哈伯德的儿歌。她的食橱里没有喂狗的东西。●ˈcupboard love(BrE) affection that sb, especially a child, shows towards sb else in order to get sth （尤指小孩）有所企图的亲热●a skeleton in the ˈcupboard(BrE) (also a skeleton in the ˈclosetNAmE, BrE) (informal) something shocking, embarrassing, etc. that has happened to you or your family in the past that you want to keep secret 隐衷；不可外扬的家丑 |