名詞 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
   同義詞：locker, storage locker
4. housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
   同義詞：console

1. The Cabinet meets regularly.
   內閣定期開會。
2. After a few years in the wilderness he was reappointed to the Cabinet.
   他消沉了幾年之後，又獲任命進入了內閣。
3. The Opposition parties made (political) capital out of the disagreements within the Cabinet.
   反對黨利用內閣的分歧而撈取(政治)資本。
4. The Prime Minister's cabinet colleague refused to accept the proposal.
   首相的內閣同僚拒絕接受這個建議。
5. They have found out the mole in the cabinet.
   他們已經發(fā)現了內閣中的間諜。
6. A cherry cabinet.
   櫻桃木做的櫥柜
7. The question was discussed in cabinet.
   在內閣會議上討論了這個問題。

cab.i.net

n.（名詞）
An upright, cupboardlike repository with shelves, drawers, or compartments for the safekeeping or display of a collection of objects or materials.
壁櫥，櫥柜：直立的，類似于柜櫥的貯藏間，帶有架子、抽屜或分隔間，用于保存或展示一批物品或物資
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 內閣：受國家首腦或總理任命而領導政府執(zhí)行部門并作為官方顧問的一個班底
Archaic A small or private room set aside for a specific activity.
【古語】 密室，小房間：為某專門活動而開設的一個小的或私人的房間
Rhode Island Southeastern Massachusetts See milk shake See Regional Note at milk shake
【羅德島】 【麻省東南部】 參見 milk shake 參見 milk shake
adj.（形容詞）
Suitable for storage or display in a cabinet, as because of size or decorative quality.
可展示的，可保存的：由于體積大小或包裝質量的原因而適于在柜子中貯藏或展示的
Of, relating to, or being a member of a governmental cabinet:
內閣成員的：屬于政府內閣一員的或與之相關的：
例句：
cabinet matters; a cabinet minister.
內閣成員的事務；內閣大臣

Used in the making of cabinets:
細木材的，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質木材

來源：
French
法語
partly from diminutive of Old North French cabine [gambling-room] perhaps alteration of Old French cabane [small house] * see cabin
部分為 古法國北方方言 cabine的小后綴 [賭博間] 可能為 古法語 cabane的變化 [小房子] *參見 cabin
and partly from Italian gabinetto [closet, chest of drawers] ; akin to Old North French cabine
并且部分源自 意大利語 gabinetto [壁櫥，抽屜的空腔] ；類似于 古法國北方方言 cabine
[N., sense 4, possibly from the square wooden container in which the mixer was encased]
[名詞的第四種意義，可能來源于包裝混合物的方形木質容器]

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cab.inetful
n.（名詞）