cubicleとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjubɪkəl/

名詞

cubicle (複数形 cubicles)

1. A small separate part or one of the compartments of a room, especially in a work environment.

   Most libraries provide cubicles for quiet study.

   • 1999, Mike Judge, Office Space, spoken by Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston):

     I sit in a cubicle and I update bank software for the 2000 switch.

2. A small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing.
3. A small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use.
   • 2019 May 23, “Two female loos for every male one, experts recommend”, in BBC News‎^[1], retrieved 14 August 2019:

     With more urinals than cubicles, men - unlike women - rarely queue, a Royal Society for Public Health report says.

   • 2019 August 16, “Anti-sex toilets will soak users with water jets and sound alarm”, in Planet Rock‎^[2], retrieved 17 August 2019:

     The toilets will have weight-sensitive floors to make sure only one person is using each cubicle at a time.