members of a government, which is responsible for advising and deciding on government policy 内阁：■ a cabinet meeting      0 (6r£) a cabinet minister

阁员◊ (8/f) the shadow Cabinet (= the most important members of the opposition party)影子内阁（.反对党中 最重要的成员 2 [C] a piece of furniture with doors, drawers and/or shelves, that is used for storing or showing things 储藏柜；陈列柜：/dtchen cabfnets 橱柜 0 a medicine cabinet 0 The china was displayed in a gZass cabinet.瓷器陈列在玻璃柜里。一see also filing

CABINET

cab-inet-maker /'kaebinatmeik0(r)/ noun a person who makes fine wooden furniture, especially as a job ( jt

指专业的）家具木工，细木工

the 'Cabinet Office noun [sing.] (in Britain) a govern­ment department that is responsible for the work of the Cabinet and the civil service内阁办公室（英国政府部 门，负责内阁和文职部门的工作)’

.cabinet 'pudding notvn [U, C] a hot pudding (= sweet dish), containing raisins, cooked in steam 千果热布丁 Cable /'keibl/ noun, verb

■                  noun 1 [U, C] thick strong metal rope used on ships, for

supporting bridges，etc.(系船用的）皱绳；（支撑桥梁 等用的）钢索一picture o cord 2 [C，U] a set of wires， covered in plastic or rubber, that carries electricity, telephone signals, etc.电缆：overhead/underground cables高架/地下电缆◊ a JO 000 vo〖t caWe * 1万伏特 高压电缆◊月bre-〇jptic caWe 光缆 3 [U] = cable televi­sion: We can receive up to 500 cabZe c/iannek.我们可 以接收多达500个有线电视频道。4 [C] a

message sent by electrical signals and printed out 电报

■                  verb [V, VN] {old-fashioned) to send sb a cable n.{4) (给…）发电报

'cable car noun 1 a vehicle that hangs from and is pulled by a moving cable and that carries passengers up and down a mountain (悬空的）缆车，索车2一^- cially NAm^) a vehicle that runs on tracks and is pulled by a moving cable 有轨缆车

'cable stitch noun [U] a stitch in knitting that makes a pattern like twisted rope绞花编织，辫子编织，麻花编

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.cable television (also cable, .cable T'V) noun [U] a system of broadcasting television programmes along wires rather than by radio waves 有舍电视 cab-ling /'keiblir)/ noun [U] all the cables that are required for particular equipment or a particular system (统称）缆索

ca-boo-dle /ka'buidl/ noun iTTITl the whole (kit and) ca'boodle       everything 全部；全体：JT had new

clothes, a new hairstyle—the whoZe caboodZe.我身着新 衣服，头理新发型——上下一身新。 ca-boose /ka'buis/ noun {NAm£) the part at the back of a train where the person who is in charge of the train rides守车（列车末尾供列车职工使用的车厢） cab-ri-olet /'kaebriaulei; NAmE -oulei/ noun a car with a roof that can be folded down or removed (车顶可折叠 或拆除的）敞篷车          convertible — compare soft

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ca-cao /ka'kau/ noun [U] a tropical tree with seeds that are used to make chocolate and cocoa; the seeds from this tree可可（种子用以制作巧克力和可可粉）；可可豆 cache /kaej/ noun, verb

■                  nown 1 a hidden store of things such as weapons 隐藏 物（如武器）；（秘密）贮存物：an arms cache隐舍的

^ 2 {computing if) a part of a computers memory that stores copies of data that is often needed while a program is running. This data can be accessed very quickly.高速缓冲存储器

■                  verb [VN] 1 to store things in a secret place, especially

weapons匿藏，隐藏（尤指武器> 2      计）to

store data in a cache把（数据）存入高速凌冲存储器； 高速缓存：rhis pa^e is cached.这一页存入高速缓冲存储

器了。

cachet /'kaejei; NAmE kae'Jei/ noun [U, sing.] (formal) if sth has cachet, it has a special quality that people admire and approve of 威信；声望 H771 prestige