cabinet
US: /ˈkæbənət/, /ˈkæbnət/
UK: /kˈæbɪnət/
UK: /kˈæbɪnət/
English Vietnamese dictionary
cabinet /'kæbinit/
- danh từ
- tủ (có nhiều ngăn, đựng đồ dạc quý)
- a medicine cabinet: tủ đựng thuốc
- a filing cabinet: tủ đựng hồ sơ
- a china cabinet: tủ đựng cốc tách bát đĩa
- vỏ (máy thu thanh, máy ghi âm)
- nội các, chính phủ
- cabinet minister: thành viên nội các, bộ trưởng
- cabinet minister: thành viên nội các, bộ trưởng
- cabinet council: hội đồng nội các; hội đồng chính phủ
- cabinet crisis: khủng hoảng nội các
- phòng riêng
- tủ (có nhiều ngăn, đựng đồ dạc quý)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 (usually the Cabinet) [C+sing./pl. v.] a group of the most important government ministers, or ADVISERS to a president, responsible for advising and deciding on government policy: a cabinet meeting + (BrE) a cabinet minister + (BrE) the shadow Cabinet (= the most important members of the opposition party)
2 [C] a piece of furniture with doors, drawers and/or shelves, that is used for storing or showing things: kitchen cabinets + a medicine cabinet + The china was displayed in a glass cabinet.
See also -
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 cupboard, bureau, chifferobe, commode, chiffonier, chest (of drawers), chest-on-chest, tallboy, US highboy, lowboy:
The aspirin is in the medicine cabinet. Our china cabinet is, unfortunately, not a genuine Chippendale.
2 council, ministry, committee, advisors, senate:
At the age of thirty, he became the youngest member of the cabinet.
Collocation dictionary
1 (usually Cabinet) in government
ADJ.
full
There was a meeting of the full Cabinet this afternoon.
| inner
The inner Cabinet is to meet again today.
| shadow
(= the most important members of the opposition party)
| war
VERB + CABINET
appoint, choose, form | enlarge, expand | reshuffle
The prime minister reshuffled (= changed)his Cabinet yesterday.
| enter, join | leave, quit | consult | force
The defeat in the vote forced the Cabinet to change its policy on immigration.
| persuade, urge
CABINET + VERB
meet | discuss sth
CABINET + NOUN
member, minister | meeting | reshuffle
The affair led to a mid-term Cabinet reshuffle (= when the prime minister/president changes some of the people in the Cabinet).
2 cupboard
ADJ.
glass/glass-fronted | bathroom, bedside, kitchen | medicine | china, display, trophy
a glass-fronted china cabinet
| cocktail, drinks | filing | storage
PREP.
in a/the ~
Past reports are kept in the filing cabinet in my office.
Concise English dictionary
cabinets'kæbɪnɪt
noun
+a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
+persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers
+a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
+housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
