cupboard

Compared meaning: a piece of furniture or space for storing things (noun).

比较义项：存放物品的橱柜或壁橱（名词）。

• cupboard 本词

  A piece of furniture with doors and shelves, typically found in a kitchen and used for storing dishes or food; common in both British and American English.

  指带门和隔板的家具，多见于厨房，用来存放餐具或食物；英式和美式英语中都常用。

  She keeps the spare dishes in the cupboard above the sink.

  她把备用的餐具放在水槽上方的橱柜里。

• closet

  A small enclosed space or tiny room, often built into a wall, mainly used for storing clothes; a term typical of American English.

  指嵌入墙内的小房间或壁橱空间，主要用来存放衣物；是美式英语中常见的说法。

  He hung his winter coat in the small hallway closet.

  他把冬天的外套挂在走廊的小壁橱里。

Cupboard and closet both name a storage space, but differ. Cupboard is furniture with doors and shelves, often in a kitchen, used for dishes or food. Closet is a small space built into a wall, mainly for clothes, and is more typical of American English.

这两个词都指用来存放东西的储物空间，但 cupboard 通常是带门和隔板的家具，多见于厨房，用来放餐具或食物；closet 则多指嵌入墙内的小房间或壁橱，主要用来放衣物，是美式英语中更常见的说法。