(1)小木屋(small roughly built house or hut(usu made of logs，etc))[C]：Abraham Lincoln was born in a little log～.亞伯拉罕·林肯出生在一座小木屋里。〖同〗hut，cottage，lodge;〖反〗palace，castle;
(2) 船艙，(飛機(jī))機(jī)艙(small room or compartment，esp in a ship，an aircraft，etc for sleeping in)[C]：book a four-berth～on a ship 預(yù)定一四個鋪位的艙位; the captain's/pilot's～船長室/飛行員(駕駛)艙;How many passengers does the～of this aircraft seat? 這架飛機(jī)的機(jī)艙能坐多少乘客?～class/cruiser 二等船艙/游覽汽艇;
→′cabin-boy n(船上)男服務(wù)員;
【辨異】cabin與cottage，lodge和hut，都指簡陋的小屋。cottage(村舍)指鄉(xiāng)村中的簡陋小屋;lodge(小屋)指荒野或山中供獵人、運動員臨時停留的小屋(也可指公園、大樓、住宅區(qū)、大學(xué)門口的門房);cabin(小(木)屋)通常指用草蓋頂?shù)男∥?，常用木頭作材料;上述三詞現(xiàn)代都可指精心蓋成供人們休養(yǎng)或消遣用的建筑。hut(簡陋小屋)指用來居住或棲身的小屋，常用木頭或金屬草草蓋成。