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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary cu·bi·cle ETYMOLOGY Latin cubiculum, from cubare to lie, recline DATE 15th century 1. a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room 2. a. a small partitioned space; especially : one with a desk used for work in a business office b. carrel English Etymology cubicle 1483, from L. cubiculum "bedroom," from cubare "to lie down," orig. "bend oneself," from PIE base *keu(b)- "to bend, turn." Obsolete from 16c., but revived 19c. for "dormitory sleeping compartment," sense of "any partitioned space" (such as a library carrel) is first recorded 1926. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 cubicle cu·bicle / 5kju:bikl / noun a small room that is made by separating off part of a larger room (大房间分隔出的)小房间,隔间: a shower cubicle 淋浴小单间 (BrE) a changing cubicle (= for example at a public swimming pool) 更衣室 (especially NAmE) an office cubicle 办公室的隔间 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English cubicle noun ADJ. small, tiny | screened-off, separate | changing, shower, toilet CUBICLE + NOUN curtain, door PREP. in a/the ~ Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged cu·bi·cle \ˈkyübə̇kəl, -bēk-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Latin cubiculum, from cubare to lie down — more at hip 1. : a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room < a dormitory cubicle > 2. a. : a small room or compartment often approximately square in plan < a bathhouse cubicle > < a bank teller's cubicle > b. : carrel |
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