Cabinet

['kæbɪnɪt] or ['kæbɪnət]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display.

(noun.) housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television.

(noun.) a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock.

(noun.) persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers.

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解釋/意思:

(n.) A hut; a cottage; a small house.

(n.) A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.

(n.) A private room in which consultations are held.

(n.) The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.

(n.) A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence:

(n.) A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an etagere or closed with doors. See Etagere.

(n.) Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.

(a.) Suitable for a cabinet; small.

(v. i.) To inclose

整理:玛丽

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Closet, boudoir, by-room, small room, private room, retired apartment.[2]. Ministry, council, body of advisers.

整理:梅

解釋/意思:

n. (obs.) a little cabin or hut: (Shak.) the bed or nest of a beast or bird: a small room closet or private apartment: a case of drawers for articles of value: a private room for consultation esp. a king's—hence The Cabinet a limited number of the chief ministers who govern England being the leaders of the majority in parliament.—ns. Cab′inet-coun′cil a council or consultation of the members of the Cabinet; Cab′inet-edi′tion (of a book) one less in size and price than a library edition but still elegant in format; Cab′inet-mak′er a maker of cabinets and other fine furniture; Cab′inet-phō′tograph one of the size larger than a carte-de-visite.

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