单词 | cabin |
释义 | cabin /kab"in/, n. 1. a small house or cottage, usually of simple design and construction: He was born in a cabin built of rough logs. 2. an enclosed space for more or less temporary occupancy, as the living quarters in a trailer or the passenger space in a cable car. 3. the enclosed space for the pilot, cargo, or esp. passengers in an air or space vehicle. 4. an apartment or room in a ship, as for passengers. 5. See cabin class. 6. (in a naval vessel) living accommodations for officers. adv. 7. in cabin-class accommodations or by cabin-class conveyance: to travel cabin. v.i. 8. to live in a cabin: They cabin in the woods on holidays. v.t. 9. to confine; enclose tightly; cramp. [1325-75; ME cabane < MF < OPr cabana < LL capanna (Isidore of Seville), of uncert., perh. pre-L orig.; sp. with i perh. by influence of F cabine (see CABINET)] Syn. 1. cot, shanty, shack, cottage. 6. quarters, compartment. |
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