单词 | cabinet |
释义 | Word Frequency cabinet(ˈkæbɪnɪt) noun 1. a. a piece of furniture containing shelves, cupboards, or drawers for storage or display b. (as modifier) cabinet teak 2. the outer case of a television, radio, etc 3. a. (often capital) the executive and policy-making body of a country, consisting of all government ministers or just the senior ministers b. (sometimes capital) an advisory council to a president, sovereign, governor, etc c. (as modifier) a cabinet reshuffle a cabinet minister 4. a. a standard size of paper, 6 × 4 inches (15 × 10 cm) or 61⁄2 × 41⁄4 inches (16.5 × 10.5 cm), for mounted photographs b. (as modifier) a cabinet photograph 5. printing an enclosed rack for holding cases of type, etc 6. archaic a private room 7. (modifier) suitable in size, value, decoration, etc, for a display cabinet a cabinet edition of Shakespeare 8. (modifier) (of a drawing or projection of a three-dimensional object) constructed with true horizontal and vertical representation of scale but with oblique distances reduced to about half scale to avoid the appearance of distortion 9. (modifier) (of a wine) specially selected and usually rare Word origin C16: from Old French, diminutive of cabine, of uncertain origin |
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