释义
[ kab -in ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈkæb ɪn / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a small house or cottage, usually of simple design and construction: He was born in a cabin built of rough logs.
an enclosed space for more or less temporary occupancy, as the living quarters in a trailer or the passenger space in a cable car.
the enclosed space for the pilot, cargo, or especially passengers in an air or space vehicle.
an apartment or room in a ship, as for passengers.
cabin class.
(in a naval vessel) living accommodations for officers.
SEE MORE SEE LESS adverb in cabin-class accommodations or by cabin-class conveyance: to travel cabin.
verb (used without object) to live in a cabin: They cabin in the woods on holidays.
verb (used with object) to confine; enclose tightly; cramp.
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Origin of cabin First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English cabane, from Middle French, from Old Provençal cabana, from Late Latin capanna, of uncertain, perhaps pre-Latin origin; spelling with “i” perhaps by influence of French cabine (see cabinet)
SYNONYMS FOR cabin 1 cot, shanty, shack, cottage.
6 quarters, compartment.
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OTHER WORDS FROM cabin un·cab·ined, adjective Words nearby cabin Cabeza de Vaca, cabezon, CABG, cabildo, Cabimas, cabin , cabin attendant, cabin boy, cabin class, cabin court, cabin cruiser
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Example sentences from the Web for cabin Looking through photographs from the early days of U.S. airlines, I found a shot of the cabin of the Boeing 247, circa 1934.
Flying Coach Is the New Hell: How Airlines Engineer You Out of Room | Clive Irving| November 25, 2014| DAILY BEAST
They wanted Jet Blue to squeeze more passengers into the cabin .
Flying Coach Is the New Hell: How Airlines Engineer You Out of Room | Clive Irving| November 25, 2014| DAILY BEAST
In the special, Workman plays the old man who, as a cabin boy, watched the pirates bury their treasure.
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And what of the six passengers in the cabin behind the crew?
Can Anyone Make Space Safe for Civilians? | Clive Irving| November 4, 2014| DAILY BEAST
That would explain why we do not see any cabin , although it could be out there, and just not filmed.
Clues From SpaceShipTwo’s Wreckage: Did the Crew Compartment Fail? | Clive Irving| November 2, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Tobias had seemed impressed, and promised his answer in the morning, leaving her to sleep—with a sentry at her cabin door.
Pieces of Eight | Richard le Gallienne
It was a plain, comfortable place, wainscoted about, with shelves and lockers in the whimsical copy of a vessel's cabin .
McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 | Various
An officer of Uhlans took me in and shared his bed on the floor of a cabin .
Twenty Years in Europe | Samuel H. M. Byers
A bright lamp hanging from the roof lighted up the little room, and gave it much of the appearance of a cabin .
The Log House by the Lake | William H. G. Kingston
Suddenly she turned, poured herself into the cabin and exploded.
Castellinaria | Henry Festing Jones
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British Dictionary definitions for cabin noun a small simple dwelling; hut
a simple house providing accommodation for travellers or holiday-makers at a motel or holiday camp
a room used as an office or living quarters in a ship
a covered compartment used for shelter or living quarters in a small boat
(in a warship) the compartment or room reserved for the commanding officer
British another name for signal box
the enclosed part of a light aircraft in which the pilot and passengers sit the part of an airliner in which the passengers are carried the section of an aircraft used for cargo SEE MORE SEE LESS verb to confine in a small space
Word Origin for cabin C14: from Old French cabane, from Old Provençal cabana, from Late Latin capanna hut
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