box

名词 n. 动词 v.
/bɒks/    /bɑks/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
    — A terrible voice in the hall cried, "Bring down Master Scrooge's box, there!" and in the hall appeared the schoolmaster himself, who glared on Master Scrooge with a ferocious condescension, and threw him into a dreadful state of mind by shaking hands with him.
  2. A Mediterranean food fish of the genus Boops, which is a variety of sea bream; a bogue or oxeye. dated
    — BOX. Box (Boops), […] In both jaws a single anterior series of broad incisors, notched at the cutting margin; no molars.
  3. A blow with the fist.
    — That he hath a neighbourly charitie in him, for he borrowed a boxe of the eare of the Engliſhman, and ſwore he would pay him againe when hee was able : I thinke the Frenchman became his ſuretie, and ſeald vnder for another.
  4. Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of genus Buxus, especially common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.
    — And no maruell. For, the leaues of Boxe be deletorious, poiſonous, deadlie, and to the bodie of man very noiſome, dangerous and peſtilent[…]
  5. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
    — a box of books
  6. The wood from a box tree: boxwood.
    — Nevertheless, the application of woods other than box for purposes for which that wood is now used would tend to lessen the demand for box, and thus might have an effect in lowering its price.
  7. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
  8. A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood. slang
    — Evenin’, folks. Thought y’all might lak uh lil music this evenin’ so Ah brought long mah box.
  9. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.
    — post box  post office box
  10. An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, box scrub, Brisbane box, brush box, pink box, or Queensland box, Lophostemon confertus). Australia
  11. Various species of Eucalyptus trees are popularly called various kinds of boxes, on the basis of the nature of their wood, bark, or appearance for example, drooping box (Eucalyptus bicolor), shiny-leaved box (Eucalyptus tereticornis), black box, or ironbark box trees. Australia
    — The name "Black Box" seems to be most generally in use for this species, Eucalyptus boormani; the even better name of "Ironbark Box" (which certainly indicates its affinities) is nearly as frequently in use.
  12. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.; A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements; see also box number.
    — Add five words for address if replies are to come to a box number address at any of our offices. These replies are forwarded each day as received, in new envelopes at no extra charge. […] When replying to blind ads be careful to put on your envelope the correct box number and do not enclose original letters of recommendation—send copies.
  13. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.
    — There is yet a better manner of arranging the boxes; and for which invention we are indebted to Andrea Sighizzi, the ſcholar of [Francesco] Brizio and Dentone; […] The plan he followed was, that the boxes, according as they were to be removed from the ſtage towards the bottom of the theatre, ſhould continue gradually riſing by ſome inches one above the other, and gradually receding to the ſides by ſome inches; by which means, every box would have a more commodious view of the ſtage; […]
  14. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; The driver’s seat on a horse-drawn coach.
    — Next in importance to the Dvornik comes the coachman of a Russian household. He is usually chosen for his fatness and the length of his beard. These seem curious reasons for choosing a coachman in a country where coach-boxes are smaller than anywhere else in the world; but whereas the average breadth of a Russian coach-box is scarcely more than twelve inches at the outside, the average breadth of a Russian coachman is a very different affair.
  15. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; A small rectangular shelter.
    — sentry-box
  16. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; Ellipsis of horsebox (“container for transporting horses”). abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
    — He was a fine-looking middle-aged man, and his voice said at once that he expected to be obeyed. He was very friendly and polite to John, and after giving us a slight look, he called a groom to take us to our boxes, and invited John to take some refreshment.
  17. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; Ellipsis of gearbox. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
    — They were capable of climbing most hills in second low but for this exercise we decided to go for the bottom of the box, just to be sure.
  18. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; Ellipsis of stashbox. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
    — Thinkin' like Roddy, got a stick in the box (Roddy) Hide in another car, we just blickin' the opps (Bah)
  19. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; Ellipsis of signal box. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
    — Sparks from the derailed bogie of the train were first noticed by the signalman at Slough West box, who immediately sent to Slough Middle box the "Stop and Examine" signal, followed at once by "Obstruction Danger" when he realised that the coach was derailed.
  20. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; A predicament or trap. figuratively
    — I’m really in a box now.
  21. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; A prison cell. slang
  22. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; A prison cell.; A cell used for solitary confinement. slang
    — I am in what you call 'the box' confined to a 'special' housing unit for punishment because I stabbed some guys who call they self godly and are always beaten up on gays and she males because they hate homosexuals.
  23. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; A coffin. euphemistic
    — Prior to the explosion we spoke about what would happen if he [Lance-Corporal James Simpson] died and came back in a box and what music he would want at his funeral.
  24. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; The television. slang
    — Mr. Wormwood switched on the television. The screen lit up. The programme blared. Mr Wormwood glared at Matilda. She hadn't moved. She had somehow trained herself by now to block her ears to the ghastly sound of the dreaded box. She kept right on reading, and for some reason this infuriated the father.
  25. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; The vagina. slang,vulgar
    — Without warning, he withdrew his finger and drove his tongue inside her creamy, hot box. She gave a sharp intake of breath.
  26. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; A computer, or the case in which it is housed. slang
    — a UNIX box
  27. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; A gym dedicated to the CrossFit exercise program. slang
    — Joshua Newman, until last month a co-owner of CrossFit NYC, which says it is the world's largest box, recalled a member in the gym's early days who was nicknamed "Welcoming Committee."
  28. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.
    — His [Rory Bremner's] brilliant story about having his box turned inside out by a delivery from Jeff Thomson – he contrasts it with Andrew Flintoff being hit in the box by Cardigan Connor. [David] Lloyd came up to Flintoff, and said, "Cardigan Connor? You consider it an honour to be hit by Cardigan. Do you remember Jeff Thomson? I was hit amidships by him, and it was not a glancing blow. I was wearing one of those old boxes – you know, the pink ones, like a soap dish. It ended up that everything that was supposed to be inside the box had come outside the box – through the air holes!"
  29. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; Synonym of gully (“a certain fielding position”).
  30. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.
    — In common axles, the wheel is prevented from coming off by a pin, called the linch pin, passing through the end of the axletree arm, the name of the part that the wheel turns upon; but as many serious accidents have happened through the linch pin failing and the wheel coming off, an improved method of securing the latter is now practised, by means of a box called the axletree box, which is contrived to answer the double purpose of keeping on the wheel, and to hold oil, grease, or some lubricating substance for lessening the friction.
  31. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits.
    — In electric fencing, foil and saber fencers wear lames, which are thin outer jackets that cover their target areas. Lames are made from fabric that conducts electricity. When a fencer touches an opponent's lame with his or her blade, an electronic signal is sent to the scoring box. A colored light goes on to signal a touch. […] In épée, the whole body is the target, so épée fencers do not need to wear lames. A signal is sent to the scoring box from the épée any time a touch is made.
  32. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; A small country house. dated
    — “I dare say the sheriff, or the mayor and corporation, or some of those sort of people, would give him money enough, for the use of it, to run him up a mighty pretty neat little box somewhere near Richmond.”
  33. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; A stringed instrument with a soundbox, especially a guitar. Southern-US,colloquial
    — So Tea Cake took the guitar and played himself. He was glad of the chance because he hadn't had his hand on a box since he put his in the pawn shop to get some money to hire a car for Janie soon after he met her.
  34. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.; Short for squeeze box (“accordion or concertina”) Ireland,UK,abbreviation,alt-of,colloquial
  35. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space; A rectangle: an oblong or a square.
    — Place a tick in the box.
  36. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space; The rectangle in which the batter stands.
    — As anyone who has ever maintained a baseball or softball diamond would agree, the pitcher's mound and batter's box present a special challenge. […] Batters dig in at the plate, disturbing the soil and making a hole that base runners must slide across when they approach the plate. To withstand the special stresses on these areas, only clay-based soils provide the necessary soil strength. […] [S]ome manufacturers have introduced clay-based soil products for pitcher's mounds and batter's boxes. These products include additives with special binding properties and are specifically designed to resist the stresses applied by the cleats of pitchers and batters.
  37. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space; One of two specific regions in a promoter.
    — Similar considerations apply in the case of tRNA genes, where the internal promoter is split into two functional domains (box A and box B) which must be a minimum distance apart[…]. The first 11 bp of the internal control region in the Xenopus 5S gene are structurally and functionally homologous to the box A element of tRNA gene promoters, […]
  38. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space; A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.
    — Your hands rest on the bottom plane of the box, relaxed and open; forearms are parallel with the ground and elbows close to your body. Balls thrown from your right hand are aimed at the point to the left of center of the top of the box. When you hit this point the ball will land in your left hand. Balls thrown from your left hand are aimed at the point to the right of center of the top of the box.
  39. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space; Ellipsis of box lacrosse (“indoor form of lacrosse”). abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,informal
    — [page 12] Field players wear shoes with short spikes, called cleats, on the soles. Box players wear court shoes, which have grooved rubber soles. […] [page 30] Field goalies have larger nets to protect than goalies in box lacrosse have. Box goalies wear more pads.
  40. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space; The penalty area.
    — Poised link-up play between [Michael] Essien and [Frank] Lampard set the Ghanaian midfielder free soon after but his left-footed shot from outside the box was too weak.
  41. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space; A diamond-shaped flying formation consisting of four aircraft.
  42. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space; An area in the pit where the car is repaired and refueled.
    — “Okay Lewis, so box this lap, box, box”
  43. A rectangular object in any number of dimensions. broadly
动词 v.
  1. To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes. transitive
    — Scrapbooks that have enduring value in their original form should be individually boxed in custom-fitted boxes.
  2. To strike with the fists; to punch. transitive
    — to box someone’s ears
  3. Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in. transitive
    — A large majority of children seem to delight in emotionally boxing in their parents—setting the double-bind trap by giving the parent two choices but determining ahead of time that neither choice will be sufficient for their satisfaction.
  4. To fight against (a person) in a boxing match. transitive
  5. To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical. transitive
    — Straining eliminates lumps in the paint. If the paint has separated, stir the thick paint up from the bottom of each can to free as many lumps as possible. Then box the paint, pouring it all together through a nylon paint strainer and into the bucket. Paint less than one year old usually doesn't require straining. Older paint might have a thick skin on the top; remove the skin and set it aside. Box the paint, pouring it through a nylon paint strainer into the bucket.
  6. To participate in boxing; to be a boxer. intransitive,stative
  7. To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap. transitive
    — The early settlers either boxed the tree or cut large slanting gashes, from the lower end of which a rudely fashioned spout conducted the sap to a bucket. This method was very destructive to the tree, and boring was substituted for it.
  8. To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form. transitive
    — As early as the 1850s, prisons were being made "safer" by boxing in water pipes and enclosing galleries with netting to prevent jumping.
  9. To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box. transitive
    — [T]he death of the said deceased Daniel Docherty, while in the defender's employment as an engineman, […] is alleged to have been owing to the engine house, which contained the engine of which the deceased had charge, being of a dangerous and improper construction, and the fly-wheel not having been boxed in or covered: […]
  10. To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box. transitive
  11. To place a value of a primitive type into a casing object. transitive
  12. To enter the pit.
    — “Okay Lewis, so box this lap, box, box”

词形变化

boxes plural boxen humorous,nonstandard,plural boxes present,singular,third-person boxing participle,present boxed participle,past boxed past boxes plural boxes plural boxes present,singular,third-person boxing participle,present boxed participle,past boxed past boxes plural

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box-churn box-cloth box-club box coat box-coil box-colored box-coloured box-counting dimension box-coupling box crab box-cutter boxcutter box cutter box-day box-desk box-drain box-drawing character box-elder box elder maple boxen box end wrench boxer box-feeding box file boxfish box-fitter box-food box frame box-fresh boxful box gable box girder box-grain box-groove box guitar box-hand box Harry box-hat box-head boxhead Box Head box hockey boxholder box-hook box-house box house boxicity box-iron box iron box jelly box jellyfish box joint box junction boxkeeper box-keeperess box-key box kick box kite box lacrosse boxless box-letter box-level box level box-like boxlike boxload box-lobby boxlock box-loom box lunch box lyre box magazine boxmaker boxmaking box man box-man boxman box-master box-mattress box meal box-meat box-metal box model box money box-motion box nasty box no. box number box-nut box of birds box of chocolates box office box-office box-office bomb box of fluffies box of fluffy ducks box of ivories box of matches box of tricks boxology box operator box-ottoman boxout box-oyster box party box-plan box pleat box-pleated box-pleating box plot box poison box profits box-rent box room boxroom box score box-sealing tape box seat box set box-shaped box-shutter box-slater box-sleigh box social box spanner box split box spread box spring box-spring box-square box squat box-stair box-staircase box stall box-standard box standard box-staple box step box stitch box-stone box store box-strap box-string box supper box-swivel box tail box-tail box-tappet box-tenon box the gnat box-ticking box-timbering box-to-box midfielder box-toe box-tool boxtop box-tortoise box-trap box tree moth box-tricycle box truck box-turtle box turtle box-valve box van box wagon boxwalker boxwalla boxwallah box-wallah box wine boxwise box wrench box-wrench boxy box zither brain-box brainbox bread box breadbox brown box brown box crab busy box butter-box cakebox call-box cannon box cardboard-box Caribbean box jellyfish cartridge box cartridge-box cashbox cash box cash-box cat box chad box chalk box charity box chatbox chatterbox checkbox cheesebox cheese-box cheese box Chinese box chocolate-box chocolate box Christmas box Christmas Eve box chumbox cigar box guitar cigar box guitarist clack-box clack box coach box coachbox coalbox coal-box coin-box coinbox coin box cold meat box collection box color-box colour-box combat box comb-box combobox come from a Cracker Jack box commentary box confession box convergence box cooking box cool box coolbox Cornell box country box coupling-box court poor box cox box crackerbox cracker-box crash box cryobox databox dead-letter box deathbox deck box deed-box despatch box dialogue box dice box dice-box dicebox dig box Digi-box digital converter box dirt-box dispatch-box dispatch box distributing-box distribution box ditty box ditty-box doc-in-a-box dodgy box dogbox dog-box dragbox dredge-box dredging-box dredging box dressing-box dressing-up box driving-box drop-box drop box dropbox dumb as a box of rocks dumber than a box of rocks dust box dust-box dustbox econobox egg-box eggbox embox endbox error box euboxic executive box farebox fare box fart box F-box feedbox feed-box feeding-box feelie box feely box fire box firebox fire-box first-aid box floor box flower box flush-box fly-box fly box footbox fox in the box free box fudge box funbox funnel box fuse box fusebox fuzz box gearbox get one's shine box giftbox glory-box glovebox goalbox goggle-box goggle box gold box grab box grassbox gray-box testing green box grey-box testing grockle box grockle-box groovebox group box happy as a box of birds hatbox haybox headbox heck-box heck box heijunka box hellbox hitbox hit-box homeobox honesty box honor box honour box Horrocks box horsebox horse-box hospitality box hotbox hugbox hug box hug-box hum-box hyperbox icebox ICE box imbox in a box in-a-box in-box inbox infinity box infobox inside the box jackbox jack-in-the-box jambox jawbox jaw-box jazz box jewel-box jewelry box jockey box juke box jukebox junction box junkbox karaoke box kill box knife-box knock box knock out of the box knowledge-box letter-box letter box letterbox lick-box life is like a box of chocolates lightbox lipobox litter box live box lobster box lockbox loose-box lootbox loot box luckbox lunch-box lunchbox mad as a box of frogs magenta box mail box mail-box mailbox Mandelbox matchbox mauve box meat box memory box middlebox milkbox minibox ministerial box missionary-box mite box mold box moneybox moss-box moving box mult box multi box multi-box munchie box munchy box muscle-box music-box music box mystery box show nest-box newsbox not the sharpest crayon in the box not the sharpest pencil in the box not the sharpest tool in the box off one's box olive box omnibox one out of the box opaque box open box open Pandora's box orange box Oregon box out-box out-of-box experience out of one's box out-of-the-box out of the box outside the box paddle-box paddlebox paddle box paintbox Pandora's box pass box patch-box patch box pattern box paybox p-box pegbox peg-box pencil box pepperbox permutation box phonebox pick to box pick-to-box picture box pillar-box pillar-box red pill-box pillow box pine box pizza box planter box play-box plumber's box plyo box plyometric box poison at the box office poke box postal box post-box post-office box potato-box pounce-box pouncet-box powder-box powder box prattle-box prattlebox prayer box press-box Pribnow box private box probability box project box prompt-box prompter's box puff-box purple box put someone in a box puzzle box puzzle-box puzzle box show rainbow box rasabox rattlebox resistance box resistance-box resonance box rhizobox rhythm box RICE box rip box ripple box roofbox rose box safe as a kitten in a box safebox safe deposit box saltbox salt box salt-box sand box sandbox saucebox savings-box S-box scent-box Schumer box scorebox scrapbox screw box sea box seed-box seedbox sell against the box service box set top box shadow box shatter box shatterbox shine box shitbox shoe-box shoebox shoe box shoutbox show-box show box shruti box shut the box shuttle box shuttle-box side-box sidebox silver box skybox slip box sluice-box sluice box slushbox smoke-box smokebox snack box snake-in-the-box problem sneakbox sneeze-box snotbox snuff box snuff-box snuff box sea bean soap-box soap box soapbox softbox soundbox spaghetti box speak-box spice-box spicebox spider box spinbox spitbox spit box spitting box spring-box squawk box squawk-box squeeze box squeezebox sruti box startbox stompbox strongbox strum box stuffing-box stuff the ballot box subscription box sugar-box swap box sweat-box sweatbox sweat box sweetbox switchbox switch box tacklebox tackle box talk box tar-box TATA box T-box teabox tee-box tee box teebox tell-box textbox the box they're going to bury it in thermobox thrift-box throwbox thunder box thunderbox thunder-box tick all the boxes tick a lot of boxes tickey-box tickey box ticky box ticky-box time box timebox Time Unit Box System tinderbox tinder-box tobacco-box toby box toe box toolbox top-box topbox touchbox touch-box toybox traffic signal box trashbox tucker box tucker-box tuckerbox tumbling-box unbox urine box userbox vanity-box vaulting box veg box vegetable box violet box voicebox voice box voice-box wallbox watch-box watchbox water box weather-box weather box weigh-box wheelbox white-box testing whole box and dice whole box of tricks window-box window box winebox witness-box wog-box wog box woodbox word box work-box workbox writing-box Yankee cheese-box yellow box Yerkes discrimination box yogibogeybox zombie box zoom box δ-box abox autobox autoboxing beat-boxing beat boxing boxable boxed box-haul boxhaul box-hauling box in boxing boxing day boxing week box up misbox rebox bastard box bonnet-box bonnet box box alder box elder boxberry box-edged box-gum box gum Box Hill box holly box-holly box-room box scrub box-slip box thorn box-thorn boxthorn box-tree box tree boxwood Brisbane box brush box common box dwarf box European box flowering box grey box ground box Joes Box mountain box native box peppermint box pink box prickly box Queensland box red box spiny box spirit of box Tasmanian box thorn box white box
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词源 1
Etymology tree
Ancient Greek πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)
Ancient Greek -ῐς (-ĭs)
Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís)bor.
Late Latin buxisbor.
Proto-West Germanic *buhsā
Old English box
Middle English box
English box
From Middle English box (“container, box, cup”), from Old English box (“box, case”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box”) from Late Latin buxis (“box”), Latin pyxis (“small box for medicines or toiletries”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”) and πύξος (púxos, “box tree; boxwood”). Doublet of piseog, pyx, and pyxis.
Cognate with Middle Dutch bosse, busse (“jar; tin; round box”) (modern Dutch bos (“wood, forest”), bus (“container, box; bushing of a wheel”)), Old High German buhsa (Middle High German buhse, bühse, modern German Büchse (“box; can”)), Swedish bössa (“box”).
The humorous plural form boxen is from box + -en, by analogy with oxen.
(motor racing): Used since it is more distinct over the radio compared to pit. Also from German Boxenstopp (“pit stop”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Latin buxusbor.
Proto-West Germanic *buhs
Old English box
Middle English box
English box
From Middle English box (“box tree; boxwood”), from Old English box (“box tree”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhs (“box tree; thing made from boxwood”), from Latin buxus (“box tree; thing made from boxwood”), buxum (“box tree; boxwood”), possibly from πύξος (púxos, “box tree; boxwood”).
词源 3
From Middle English box (“a blow; a stroke with a weapon”); further origin uncertain, with relation to Proto-Germanic *boki-, whence Danish bask (“a blow; a stripe”), Danish baske (“to flap, move around, beat violently”), Middle Dutch boke (“a blow, a hit”), bōken (“to slap, strike”) (modern Dutch beuken (“to slap”)), West Frisian bûkje, bûtse, bûtsje (“to slap”), West Frisian and Saterland Frisian batsje (“to slap”), Low German betschen (“to slap, beat with a flat hand”), Middle High German buc (“a blow, a stroke”), bochen (“to slap, strike”), and further onomatopoeic shaping.
The verb is from Middle English boxen (“to beat or whip (an animal)”), which is derived from the noun.
词源 4
From Latin bōx, from Ancient Greek βῶξ (bôx, “box (marine fish)”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye, view”), a reference to the large size of the fish's eyes relative to its body.
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