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n. 盒子

  1. Anyone seen carrying boxes, bags, or whatever, was stopped by the police.
    谁如果带什么袋子、盒子什么的,被警察看见了都要被叫住。
  2. Dove to a depth of30 feet; shelves with enough depth to store the large boxes.
    潜入水下三十英尺处;有足够长度用来存放这些大盒子的架子



Box \Box\, n.; pl. {Boxes} [As. box a small case or vessel with
a cover; akin to OHG. buhsa box, G. b["u]chse; fr. L. buxus
boxwood, anything made of boxwood. See {Pyx}, and cf. {Box} a
tree, {Bushel}.]
1. A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various
shapes.

2. The quantity that a box contain.

3. A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or
other place of public amusement.

Laughed at by the pit, box, galleries, nay, stage.
--Dorset.

The boxes and the pit are sovereign judges.
--Dryden.

4. A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a
poor box; a contribution box.

Yet since his neighbors give, the churl unlocks,
Damning the poor, his tripple-bolted box. --J.
Warton.

5. A small country house. ``A shooting box.'' --Wilson.

Tight boxes neatly sashed. --Cowper.

6. A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box.

7. (Mach)
(a) An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing.
(b) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works;
the bucket of a lifting pump.

8. The driver's seat on a carriage or coach.

9. A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or
gift. ``A Christmas box.'' --Dickens.

10. (Baseball) The square in which the pitcher stands.

11. (Zo["o]l.) A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue.

Note: Box is much used adjectively or in composition; as box
lid, box maker, box circle, etc.; also with modifying
substantives; as money box, letter box, bandbox, hatbox
or hat box, snuff box or snuffbox.

{Box beam} (Arch.), a beam made of metal plates so as to have
the form of a long box.

{Box car} (Railroads), a freight car covered with a roof and
inclosed on the sides to protect its contents.

{Box chronometer}, a ship's chronometer, mounted in gimbals,
to preserve its proper position.

{Box coat}, a thick overcoat for driving; sometimes with a
heavy cape to carry off the rain.

{Box coupling}, a metal collar uniting the ends of shafts or
other parts in machinery.

{Box crab} (Zo["o]l.), a crab of the genus {Calappa}, which,
when at rest with the legs retracted, resembles a box.

{Box drain} (Arch.), a drain constructed with upright sides,
and with flat top and bottom.

{Box girder} (Arch.), a box beam.

{Box groove} (Metal Working), a closed groove between two
rolls, formed by a collar on one roll fitting between
collars on another. --R. W. Raymond.

{Box metal}, an alloy of copper and tin, or of zinc, lead,
and antimony, for the bearings of journals, etc.

{Box plait}, a plait that doubles both to the right and the
left.

{Box turtle} or

{Box tortoise} (Zo["o]l.), a land tortoise or turtle of the
genera {Cistudo} and {Emys}; -- so named because it can
withdraw entirely within its shell, which can be closed by
hinged joints in the lower shell. Also, humorously, an
exceedingly reticent person. --Emerson.

{In a box}, in a perplexity or an embarrassing position; in
difficulty. (Colloq.)

{In the wrong box}, out of one's place; out of one's element;
awkwardly situated. (Colloq.) --Ridley (1554)

  1. He signed up his company to rent of one of the prestigious boxes at $25,000 a year.
  2. The police department schedule doesn't reveal any "boxheads" like the three columnists who showed up in Atlanta with boxes on their heads to prove the media would make a story out of anything.
  3. I am like an overweight chocoholic trying to kick the habit whose friends keep bringing gift boxes of sinfully fattening hard and soft centres. My problem is fast cars.
  4. The Lions Club sells white squirrel T-shirts and pins to raise money to buy redwood boxes that are placed in trees as homes for the squirrels.
  5. Both keys must be used to open the boxes behind the hotel's front desk.
  6. Most average Americans come in contact most often with nutritional information as it is listed on cereal boxes.
  7. The indoor activity goes far beyond cannabis seeds planted in flower boxes.
  8. Art nouveau glass vases and antique silver boxes are popular, he says.
  9. The government adopted the system last year, saying it would end voting abuses such as stuffing ballot boxes.
  10. "They've got competitors with faster boxes and better technology who've been there longer," he said.
  11. A needlessly wide second-floor balcony-terrace jogs around an awkward, unused first-floor courtyard full of trees in concrete boxes.
  12. What this country needs is an Emily Post for facsimile machines, electronic mail, voice messaging, squawk boxes and car phones.
  13. Investigators said the man apparently used electrical boxes to climb 20 feet up from the deck.
  14. What they did disclose was that Jordan's picture would be printed on at least 12 million to 14 million boxes of the cereal.
  15. That's approaching the 1.56 million boxes shipped the week of March 9, just before three consecutive weeks of sliding sales prompted by consumer fears.
  16. But San Antonio, a small market that hasn't supported sports teams well in the past, hasn't yet surveyed interest in luxury boxes, a significant part of the financing plan.
  17. In groceries, the single-serving boxes still will be sold in 6-, 12-and 18-package sizes, he said.
  18. The flower boxes along the railroad tracks are empty and rotting.
  19. Today, 75% of U.S. ocean merchandise trade with the rest of the world is hauled in big containers instead of in all those crates, tubs, sacks and boxes used in 1955.
  20. The weekly report of out-of-state shipments of the nation's largest apple crop showed a drop from the record 1.56 million boxes two weeks ago to 1.4 million boxes last week.
  21. The weekly report of out-of-state shipments of the nation's largest apple crop showed a drop from the record 1.56 million boxes two weeks ago to 1.4 million boxes last week.
  22. Check the boxes. Answers below.
  23. But the boxes have proved a hit with consumers, who buy around 4bn of them in the US each year. Maine's state legislature decided in 1990 to ban the boxes, but last month, after years of industry pressure, it reversed itself.
  24. But the boxes have proved a hit with consumers, who buy around 4bn of them in the US each year. Maine's state legislature decided in 1990 to ban the boxes, but last month, after years of industry pressure, it reversed itself.
  25. EVERY NIGHT the freight terminal at Nairobi's International airport comes alive in a frenzy of activity. Vans pull up loaded to the limit with boxes of strawberries, French beans and fresh cut flowers.
  26. The plan is for an elaborate system of barriers to close off the three large entrances to the lagoon, consisting of rows of giant hollow metal boxes fixed to hinges on the sea floor.
  27. Revenue could also come from a proposed 450-room hotel attached to and owned by the stadium, and, of course, from luxury boxes.
  28. New York City's Department of Consumer Affairs charged that Tetra Pak and Combibloc, the nation's leading producers of drink boxes, made deceptive claims in ads about the boxes' ability to be recycled.
  29. New York City's Department of Consumer Affairs charged that Tetra Pak and Combibloc, the nation's leading producers of drink boxes, made deceptive claims in ads about the boxes' ability to be recycled.
  30. The grapefruit crop of about 36 million boxes was the smallest since the 1967-68 season.
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