misbox

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An instance of missorting a piece of mail.
    — Since the guide program was placed in operation on operation 3, 4, and 6, beginning Monday, January 18, and Monday , January 25, 1960 , 'misboxes' have increased considerably and yet this condition is not reflected in your verification reports.
动词 v.
  1. To put in the wrong box.
    — New protection for the film itself with cartridges that thread automatically, are permanently labeled, never miswound or misboxed.
  2. To sort (mail) incorrectly.
    — On the nineteenth of this month the letter was misboxed to you and failing to see the error you took it out and delivered it at 1892 Maxwell avenue, without any inquiry.

词形变化

misboxes present,singular,third-person misboxing participle,present misboxed participle,past misboxed past misboxes plural

词源

词源 1
From mis- + box.
词源 2
From mis- + box.
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