| 词汇 | cubbyhole |
| 词源 | cubbyhole. The cub or cubby in this term has nothing to do with bear cubs who live in a hole or den. Cub is a word still used in rural England for any small shelter, from a rabbit hutch to a chicken coop. Possibly first altered to cubbyhole by children in reference to a small hiding place, it came to mean “any small, snug place.” |
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