cubicle

• n. 小さな寝室；個室

語源的にはincubus、succubusと同じで、「横たわる」という意味のcub-からきている。

cubicle

cubicle: see concubine

cubicle (n.)

mid-15c., "bedroom," from Latin cubiculum "bedroom," from cubare "to lie down," originally "bend oneself," from PIE root *keu(b)- "to bend, turn." With Latin -clom, suffix denoting place. Obsolete from 16c. but revived 19c. for "dormitory sleeping compartment," sense of "any partitioned space" (such as a library carrel or, later, office work station) is first recorded 1926.

1. She studies in a cubicle in the school library.

彼女は学校図書館の小さな自習室で勉強している。

2.A technical sergeant hunches in a cubicle .

ある技術軍曹が小屋の中で腰をかがめて座っている。

3.In the walls of the cubicle there were three orifices.

執務室の壁には3つの穴がある。

4.Once again he glanced at his rival in the opposite cubicle .

彼は向こうのオフィス間の相手をもう一度見た。

5.He made his way to the nearest toilet and locked himself in a cubicle .

彼は最寄りのトイレに行き、小さな個室に入ってドアをロックした。