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snuffbox

/snuhf-boks/US // ˈsnʌfˌbɒks //UK // (ˈsnʌfˌbɒks) //

鼻烟壶,鼻烟盒,鼻烟筒

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a box for holding snuff, especially one small enough to be carried in the pocket.

Examples

  • The first thing I noticed was a gold snuffbox, set with portraits of the king, the queen, and their two children.

  • I took from my pocket the gold snuffbox with the portraits on the lid, and placed my key carefully therein.

  • Books lay upon the table; one of them open, with a horn snuffbox keeping down the leaf.

  • The trader, his head held very high, drew out a large and bedizened snuffbox, and took snuff with ostentation.

  • He laughed again, and, dismissing the subject with airiness somewhat exaggerated, drew out his huge gilt snuffbox.