• n. 小臥室；小隔間

來自cub-,躺下，詞源同incubus,succubus.-icle,小詞后綴。

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.

她在學校圖書館的小自習室里學習.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. A technical sergeant hunches in a cubicle.

一位技術軍士在一間小屋里彎腰坐著.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

3. In the walls of the cubicle there were three orifices.

辦公間的墻上有三個孔洞.

來自英漢文學

4. Once again he glanced at his rival in the opposite cubicle.

他再瞥一眼對面辦公間里的對手.

來自英漢文學

5. He made his way to the nearest toilet and locked himself in a cubicle.

他走到最近的衛生間，進了一個小隔間后把門反鎖上。

來自辭典例句