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单词 cubicles
释义

cubicle

noun

cu·​bi·​cle ˈkyü-bi-kəl How to pronounce cubicle (audio)
1
: a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room
2
a
: a small partitioned space
especially : one with a desk used for work in a business office
b
: carrel

Synonyms

  • bay
  • cabin
  • cell
  • chamber
  • compartment
  • cube
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Example Sentences

data entry clerks busily typing in cubicles
Recent Examples on the Web The university has had to add dorms and temporarily house students in cubicle-like lodgings created in dorm basements and study lounges. Lee Lawrence, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2022 Thanks to a tight labor market, employees have been able to push back against return-to-office mandates, with many simply ignoring executives calling them back to the cubicle. Chloe Berger, Fortune, 26 July 2022 The developers enjoyed a tight coupling between feature requests, coding, and bug-fixing, but only because the game designer sat one cubicle away from the artist and the programmer. Alyse Knorr, Ars Technica, 6 July 2022 And bonding over the cafeteria food or their cubicle mate. Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2022 My closest cubicle mate is unvaccinated and came down with Covid. New York Times, 25 Jan. 2022 The StoneAge cubicle-free office is stationed near the end of the Durango River Trail, making for easy lunchtime or post-work river walks and runs. Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014 In a cubicle toward the back of the office, another staffer was answering a question about whether the law would be retroactively applied in order to prosecute people who got abortions during North Dakota’s thirty-day window of reprieve. Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 13 July 2022 Commuting to an office to Zoom into a meeting from your cubicle is the definition of joyless. Marie Hattar, Forbes, 30 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin cubiculum, from cubare to lie, recline

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

cubicles

noun

plural of cubicle
as in chambers
one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided data entry clerks busily typing in cubicles

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • chambers
  • cells
  • cabins
  • cubes
  • bays
  • compartments
  • alcoves
  • boxes
  • cubbyholes
  • cabinets
  • pigeonholes
  • nooks
  • booths
  • drawers
  • lockers
  • holes
  • niches
  • recesses
  • bunkers
  • cavities
  • stalls
  • vaults
  • hollows
  • loges
  • crypts
  • snuggeries
  • cribs
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