单词 | cubicle |
释义 | cubicle (once / 7606 pages) n A cubicle is a small space partitioned off within a larger space for a particular purpose — usually reading or studying. Or just surfing the Internet. Cubicle comes from the Latin term for a monk's bedroom, cubiculum, which itself is from the word cubare, "to lie down." Back then a monk would probably share it with an illuminated manuscript and a Bible; nowadays the average worker drone has a computer and a bunch of Post-it notes. Still great for sleeping in, though, as long as you don't get caught. WORD FAMILYcubicle: cubicles USAGE EXAMPLESIt conjures images of punch bowls on top of crowded cubicles at bad holiday office parties. Los Angeles Times(Dec 14, 2016) The alarm was raised when another shopper allegedly spotted the man holding a phone above a fitting room cubicle. BBC(Dec 12, 2016) Employment migrated from farms and mills to factories and offices to cubicles and call centers. The New Yorker(Dec 11, 2016) 1n small area set off by walls for special use Syn|Hypo|Hyper booth, kiosk, stall confessional a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions polling bootha temporary booth in a polling place which people enter to cast their votes prompt box, prompter's boxa booth projecting above the floor in the front of a stage where the prompter sits; opens toward the performers on stage shower bath, shower stallbooth for washing yourself, usually in a bathroom call box, phone booth, telephone booth, telephone box, telephone kioskbooth for using a telephone tolbooth, tollbooth, tollhousea booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls voting bootha booth in which a person can cast a private vote closet a small private room for study or prayer 2n small individual study area in a library Syn|Hyper carrel, carrell, stall alcove, bay a small recess opening off a larger room 3n small room in which a monk or nun lives Syn|Hyper cell room an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling |
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