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call box

呼叫盒,呼叫箱,呼救箱,呼叫信箱

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an outdoor telephone or signal box for calling the police or fire department.
    • : British. a public telephone booth.
    • : a post-office box for mail that can be picked up only by a renter in person.

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Examples

  • For a new officer or an officer assigned to a new beat, knowing all the call boxes in his Carney Block was a priority.

  • Note: UNICOR uses its inmates for everything from call center operators to human demolishers of old computers.

  • This is the Mexico that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and most major U.S. corporations, are eager to call amigo.

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  • Who else would see a former spouse accused of underage sex and call him ‘the greatest man there is’?

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  • Everything is topsy-turvy in Europe according to our moral ideas, and they don't have what we call "men" over here.

  • Beside her was a box of bonbons, which she held out at intervals to Madame Ratignolle.

  • It was like his beautiful courtesy to call me in and introduce me to Blow instead of letting me go away.

  • Now and then the boy who had bought Squinty, and who was taking him home, would look around at his pet in the slatted box.

  • After an hour, however, he reached this decision: He would not go to or call up Mrs. Merley.