C 1. 小木屋 a small roughly built usually wooden house
C 2. (飞机上的)驾驶舱,船舱 the small enclosed space at the front of an aircraft in which the pilot sits; a room on a ship usually used for sleeping
基本要点
cabin作“简陋的小屋”解,现在只用于美式英语,作“船舱”“机舱”解时英美通用。
词汇搭配
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first-class cabin 头等舱
名词+~
log cabin 小木屋
passenger cabin 客舱
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cabin boys 船上服务员
cabin class 二等舱,房舱
cabin passengers 乘客
句型例句
Abraham Lincoln was born in a cabin.亚伯拉罕·林肯出生在一个简陋的小屋里。
Please book me a cabin on the ship.请替我在船上订一间舱房。
The pilot was working in his cabin.驾驶员正在机舱里工作着。
词语辨异
cabin, hut 这两个词都指可供人居住的,用木头搭盖的“小屋”。hut一般比cabin还要小,还要简陋; cabin还可作“船舱,机舱”解,而hut无此意。
补充资料
[同义词] hut
[反义词] mansion, palace
[词源]<葡萄牙语cabana(小屋)