boxes
箱子,盒子,盒,框
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Definitions
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- : a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
- : the quantity contained in a box: She bought a box of candy as a gift.
- : Chiefly British. a gift or present: a Christmas box.
- : post-office box.
- : a compartment or section in a public place, shut or railed off for the accommodation of a small number of people, especially in a theater, opera house, sports stadium, etc.
- : a small enclosure or area in a courtroom, for witnesses or the jury.
- : a small shelter: a sentry's box.
- : British. a small house, cabin, or cottage, as for use while hunting: a shooting box.a telephone booth.a wardrobe trunk.
- : box stall.
- : the driver's seat on a coach.
- : the section of a wagon in which passengers or parcels are carried.
- : Automotive. the section of a truck in which cargo is carried.
- : the box, Informal. television: Are there any good shows on the box tonight?
- : part of a page of a newspaper or periodical set off in some manner, as by lines, a border, or white space.
- : any enclosing, protective case or housing, sometimes including its contents: a gear box; a fire-alarm box.
- : Baseball. either of two marked spaces, one on each side of the plate, in which the batter stands.either of two marked spaces, one outside of first base and the other outside of third, where the coaches stand.the pitcher's mound.the marked space where the catcher stands.
- : a difficult situation; predicament.
- : Agriculture. a bowl or pit cut in the side of a tree for collecting sap.
- : Jazz Slang. a stringed instrument, as a guitar.a piano.
- : Informal. a phonograph.a boom box. a computer.
- : Slang. a coffin.
- : Slang: Vulgar. the vulva or vagina.basket.
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- : to put into a box: She boxed the glassware before the movers came.
- : to enclose or confine as in a box.
- : to furnish with a box.
- : to form into a box or the shape of a box.
- : to block so as to keep from passing or achieving better position: The Ferrari was boxed in by two other cars on the tenth lap.
- : to group together for consideration as one unit: to box bills in the legislature.
- : Building Trades. to enclose or conceal as with boarding.
- : Agriculture. to make a hole or cut in for sap to collect.
- : to mix by pouring from one container to another and back again.
- : Australian. to mix groups of sheep that should be kept separated.to confuse someone or something.
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- : box out, Basketball. to position oneself between an opposing player and the basket to hinder the opposing player from rebounding or tipping in a shot; block out.
Phrases
- box office
- box score
- box the compass
- in a bind (box)
- on one's soapbox
- pandora's box
- stuff the ballot box
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
The report detailed such techniques as "rectal rehydration" and the use of coffin-size confinement boxes.
Research suggests that light boxes can help up to 50 percent of people who suffer from SAD.
He set about ticking the boxes required of any self-respecting plutocrat enthusiastically.
We had live chickens and I was trying to shoot them from a real-life catapult into painted green pigs in boxes.
Type is kept in wooden cases divided into boxes, one for a character.
You see, all the swells sat in their boxes and gazed right down on the dancers, who had a circular place roped off for them.
It was not until all the boxes and parcels must have arrived in the Condamine, that an agonizing thought struck Hugh.
The late Duke of Sussex had a large collection of pipes and tobacco boxes.
(p. 177) The tobacco boxes of the Seventeenth Century were much larger than those of the present.
By the adoption of scientific principles Hope-Jones has multiplied the efficiency of Swell boxes tenfold.