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.
雙語例句
1. She studies in a cubicle in the school library.
她在學(xué)校圖書館的小自習(xí)室里學(xué)習(xí).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. A technical sergeant hunches in a cubicle.
一位技術(shù)軍士在一間小屋里彎腰坐著.
來自《現(xiàn)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(xué)
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(xué)
5. He made his way to the nearest toilet and locked himself in a cubicle.