cubby
noun [ C ] US uk/ˈkʌb.i/ us/ˈkʌb.i/
小储藏室;小柜子
a very small room or space for storing things
His bedroom was about the size of my cubby at work. 他的卧室和我在单位的小储藏室差不多大。
Her dining-room wall has multiple hooks for backpacks and coats, and each child has a cubby for shoes. 她的餐厅墙上有几个可以挂背包和外套的挂钩,每个孩子都有一个放鞋的小柜子。
Synonym: cubbyhole
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- We had our contractor cut in to the pantry wall and build a cubby for the microwave to sit in.
- She is often rejected by the other children and goes and sits in her cubby.
- His office is a small cubby 12 floors up.
- I would plunge my hand into the cubby behind the handbrake hoping to find candy.
- Store policy was to have customers leave their bags in the cubbies by the door.