snuffbox
/snuhf-boks/US // ˈsnʌfˌbɒks //UK // (ˈsnʌfˌbɒks) //
鼻烟壶,鼻烟盒,鼻烟筒
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 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.
Level 5Browse all words →