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Cubicle Sleek Pie Root Bedroom Latin 10730.Cubicle 英

正面 10730.cubicle
英 ['kjuːbɪk(ə)l]美 ['kjubɪkl]

背面
释义:
n. 小卧室;小隔间
例句:
1. She studies in a cubicle in the school library.她在学校图书馆的小自习室里学习.

1. sleek <===> slick.2. sleek originated as a variant form of slick.3. from PIE root *(s)lei- "slime, slimy, sticky, slippery, slide".
cubicle 小房间来自cub-,躺下,词源同incubus,succubus.-icle,小词后缀。
cubiclecubicle: see concubinecubicle (n.)mid-15c., "bedroom," from Latin cubiculum "bedroom," from cubare "to lie down," originally "bend oneself," from PIE root *keu(b)- "to bend, turn." With Latin -clom, suffix denoting place. Obsolete from 16c. but revived 19c. for "dormitory sleeping compartment," sense of "any partitioned space" (such as a library carrel or, later, office work station) is first recorded 1926."

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