cabinet

名词 cabinet:

1. a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
2. persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers
3. a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
   同义词：locker, storage locker
4. housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
   同义词：console

1. The Cabinet meets regularly.
   内阁定期开会。
2. After a few years in the wilderness he was reappointed to the Cabinet.
   他消沉了几年之後，又获任命进入了内阁。
3. The Opposition parties made (political) capital out of the disagreements within the Cabinet.
   反对党利用内阁的分歧而捞取(政治)资本。
4. The Prime Minister's cabinet colleague refused to accept the proposal.
   首相的内阁同僚拒绝接受这个建议。
5. They have found out the mole in the cabinet.
   他们已经发现了内阁中的间谍。
6. A cherry cabinet.
   樱桃木做的橱柜
7. The question was discussed in cabinet.
   在内阁会议上讨论了这个问题。

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n.（名词）
An upright, cupboardlike repository with shelves, drawers, or compartments for the safekeeping or display of a collection of objects or materials.
壁橱，橱柜：直立的，类似于柜橱的贮藏间，带有架子、抽屉或分隔间，用于保存或展示一批物品或物资
Often Cabinet A body of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister to head the executive departments of the government and to act as official advisers.
常作 Cabinet 内阁：受国家首脑或总理任命而领导政府执行部门并作为官方顾问的一个班底
Archaic A small or private room set aside for a specific activity.
【古语】 密室，小房间：为某专门活动而开设的一个小的或私人的房间
Rhode Island Southeastern Massachusetts See milk shake See Regional Note at milk shake
【罗德岛】 【麻省东南部】 参见 milk shake 参见 milk shake
adj.（形容词）
Suitable for storage or display in a cabinet, as because of size or decorative quality.
可展示的，可保存的：由于体积大小或包装质量的原因而适于在柜子中贮藏或展示的
Of, relating to, or being a member of a governmental cabinet:
内阁成员的：属于政府内阁一员的或与之相关的：
例句：
cabinet matters; a cabinet minister.
内阁成员的事务；内阁大臣

Used in the making of cabinets:
细木材的，柜材的：用于制造柜子的材料：
例句：
teak and other heavy cabinet wood.
柚木或其它用于制造柜子的重质木材

来源：
French
法语
partly from diminutive of Old North French cabine [gambling-room] perhaps alteration of Old French cabane [small house] * see cabin
部分为 古法国北方方言 cabine的小后缀 [赌博间] 可能为 古法语 cabane的变化 [小房子] *参见 cabin
and partly from Italian gabinetto [closet, chest of drawers] ; akin to Old North French cabine
并且部分源自 意大利语 gabinetto [壁橱，抽屉的空腔] ；类似于 古法国北方方言 cabine
[N., sense 4, possibly from the square wooden container in which the mixer was encased]
[名词的第四种意义，可能来源于包装混合物的方形木质容器]

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