cubbyhole

英 [ˈkʌbihəʊl]

美 [ˈkʌbihoʊl]

n.  小房间; 斗室; 狭小的空间; (汽车前排座前放纸或地图等的)格架

复数：cubbyholes　

BNC.37930 / COCA.26721

牛津词典

noun

• 小房间；斗室；狭小的空间
  a small room or a small space
  1. My office is a cubbyhole in the basement.
     我的办公室在地下室的一间小屋里。
• （汽车前排座前放纸或地图等的）格架
  a small space or shelf facing the front seats of a car where you can keep papers, maps, etc.

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 小储藏间;狭小的储物空间
  Acubby-holeis a very small room or space for storing things.
  1. This is my office, my little cubbyhole...
     这是我的办公室，我的幽闭之地。
  2. It's in the cubby-hole under the stairs.
     它在楼下的小储藏间里。

英英释义

noun

• a small secluded room
  Synonym:cubbysnuggerysnug
• a small compartment
  Synonym:pigeonhole

双语例句

• Down the road stood a real-estate agency, a glass-fronted cubbyhole dominated by a row of computer terminals. A help-wanted sign hung out front.
  在路尽头有一家房地产中介机构，在玻璃门脸的小房间里，一排电脑占据了大部分空间，门前挂着招聘的牌子。
• My bedroom is really just a cubbyhole.
  我的卧室实在是太小了。
• In his War Plans cubbyhole that afternoon, he had received an unexpected word from on high.
  今天下午在作战计划处的斗室里他从上级嘴里听到一个很意外的消息。
• Each cubbyhole is one of many, many such holes all lined up.
  每个文件架是由很多这样的按顺序排好的洞孔组成。
• This is my office, my little cubbyhole
  这是我的办公室，我的幽闭之地。
• He was given a miserable little cubbyhole.
  只给他一块小得可怜的存身之地。
• She works in a little cubbyhole at the end of the corridor.
  她在走廊尽头那个鸽子笼的小地方工作。
• When it was done, she got her golden ring from the cubbyhole and placed it in the bowl that the soup was in.
  厨师走了，千皮兽为国王做了一碗面包汤，这是她做得最好的一种，然后将她带来的金戒指放到汤里。