The word "box" has multiple meanings, including a container (box, chest, or case), a square or rectangle (e.g., on a form), a specific area in sports (penalty box) or seating (box seat), informal term for television, postal address identifier, and the boxwood plant. It can also be a verb meaning to fight in the sport of boxing.
The word "box" refers to a rectangular container, a square or rectangle on paper, a penalty area in football, a private viewing area in a theatre or stadium, television (informally), a postal address designation, and the shrub/tree species known as boxwood. As a verb, "box" means to fight according to boxing rules.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]盒子;箱子;匣子 A box is a square or rectangular container with hard or stiff sides. Boxes often have lids.
[usu N of n]
He reached into the cardboard box beside him...
他把手伸进身边的纸板盒里。
They sat on wooden boxes.
他们坐在木箱子上。
...the box of tissues on her desk.
她桌子上的纸巾盒
A box of something is an amount of it contained in a box.一盒之量;一箱之量;一匣之量
She ate two boxes of liqueurs.
她吃了两盒酒心巧克力。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](在纸张、道路等上印制或画出的)方格,方框 A box is a square or rectangle that is printed or drawn on a piece of paper, a road, or on some other surface.
[usu with supp]
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[N-SING 单数名词](足球场的)罚球区 In football, the box is the penalty area of the field.
[the N]
He scored from the penalty spot after being brought down in the box.
在罚球区内被违规撞倒后,他罚点球破门得分。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](剧院或运动场的)包厢 A box is a small separate area in a theatre or at a sports ground or stadium, where a small number of people can sit to watch the performance or game.
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[N-SING 单数名词]电视机 Television is sometimes referred to as the box .
[the N]
[BRIT 英]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
Do you watch it live at all or do you watch it on the box?
你是在现场看还是在电视上看?
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](用在数字前表示邮政地址)邮政信箱,邮箱Box is used before a number as a postal address by organizations that receive a lot of mail.
[with supp]
...Country Crafts, Box 111, Landisville.
兰蒂斯维尔111号信箱,乡村工艺社
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]黄杨(小型长绿树,常用作篱笆)Box is a small evergreen tree with dark leaves which is often used to form hedges.
[oft N n]
...box hedges.
黄杨篱笆
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[VERB 动词](按照拳击运动的规则)击打 To box means to fight someone according to the rules of boxing.
[V]
[V n]
[Also V as n]
At school I boxed and played rugby...
在学校时我既打拳击又玩橄榄球。
The two fighters had previously boxed a 12-round match.
这两位拳击手之前已经打了一场12回合的比赛。
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See also:
boxed
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boxing
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black box
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chocolate-box
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lunch box
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phone box
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post office box
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postbox
;
sentry box
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signal box
;
telephone box
;
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to box someone's ears→see:
ear
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boxed in
The Chancellor is boxed in by inflation targets and sterling.
财政大臣被通货膨胀目标和英镑逼得束手无策。
相关词组:
box in
Oxford
box★/bɒks; NAmEbɑːks/
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boxboxesboxedboxingnoun★ _packaging_comp.jpg _box.jpg container 容器1★[countable ]( especially in compounds 尤用于构成复合词) a container made of wood, cardboard, metal, etc. with a flat stiff base and sides and often a lid, used especially for holding solid things 盒;箱;匣◆She kept all the letters in a box.她把信件都保存在一个盒子里。◆a money box钱匣◆cardboard boxes纸板箱◆a toolbox工具箱◆a matchbox火柴盒2★[countable ]a box and its contents 一盒,一箱(东西)◆a box of chocolates/matches一盒巧克力╱火柴in theatre/court 剧院;法庭3[countable ]a small area in a theatre or court separated off from where other people sit (剧院中的)包厢;(法庭中的)专席◆a box at the opera歌剧院的包厢◆the witness/jury box证人╱陪审团席shelter 遮蔽处4[countable ]a small shelter used for a particular purpose 小亭;岗亭◆a sentry/signal box岗亭;铁路信号所◆( BrE) a telephone box电话亭◆I called him from the phone box on the corner.我在拐角处的电话亭打电话给他。shape 形状5★[countable ]a small square or rectangledrawn on a page for people to write information in 方框;长方格◆Put a cross in the appropriate box.在适当的方格里打叉号。◆to tick/check a box在方格里画钩television 电视6the box[singular ]( informal) ( especially BrE) the television 电视◆What's on the box tonight?今晚有什么电视节目?on road 道路7[countable ]( BrE) =
box junction
◆Only traffic turning right may enter the box.只允许右拐的车辆进入交叉路口黄格区。in sport 体育运动8[countable ]an area on a sports field that is marked by lines and used for a particular purpose 运动场上以线标出的特定区域◆( BrE) He was fouled in the box (= the penalty box).有人在禁区对他犯规。for mail 邮递9[countable ]=
box number
☞see also
PO box
protection 保护10[countable ]( BrE) a piece of plastic that a man wears over his sex organs to protect them while he is playing a sport, especially cricket(运动员的)下体护身tree/wood 树木11[countable , uncountable ]a small evergreentree or bush with thick dark leaves, used especially for garden hedges黄杨(常绿,尤用作花园树篱)12(alsobox·wood)[uncountable ]the hard wood of this bush 黄杨木IDIOMgive sb a box on the ˈears( old-fashioned) to hit sb with your hand on the side of their head as a punishment 打某人耳光☞more at
think
v.,
tick
v.,
trick
n.verbfight 击打1[intransitive , transitive ]box(sb) to fight sb in the sport of boxing(拳击运动)击打(某人)put in container 装入容器2[transitive ]boxsth (up) to put sth in a box 把(某物)装箱(或盒、匣)IDIOMSbox ˈclever( BrE) ( informal) to act in a clever way to get what you want, sometimes tricking sb 巧妙地得到想要的东西(有时蒙骗人)box sb's ˈears( old-fashioned) to hit sb with your hand on the side of their head as a punishment 打某人耳光PHRASAL VERBˌbox sb/sth ˈin1to prevent sb/sth from being able to move by surrounding them with people, vehicles, etc. 围困;拦挡◆Someone had parked behind us and boxed us in.有人把车停在我们后面,困住了我们。2[usually passive ](of a situation 处境)to prevent sb from doing what they want by creating unnecessary problems 阻挡;阻碍◆She felt boxed in by all their petty rules.她觉得被他们的琐碎规章束缚住了手脚。box/bɒks; NAmEbɑːks/
LDC
box1 noun
box2 verb
boxbox1 /bɒks $ bɑːks/ ●●●S1W1 noun
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1box (1)container [countable] a container for putting things in, especially one with four stiff straight sidescardboard/wooden/plastic etc box a strong cardboard boxtoolbox/shoebox/matchbox etc (=a box used for keeping tools etc in)2amount (also boxful) [countable] the amount of something contained in a boxbox of a box of chocolates3shape [countable]a)a small square on a page for people to write information in: Put an ‘X’ in the box if you would like to join our mailing list.b)a square or rectangle on a page where information is given or where an answer can be written: The box on the left gives a short history of the battle.4in a court/theatre etc [countable] a small area of a theatre or court that is separate from where other people are sitting: the jury box5small building [countable] a small building or structure used for a particular purposeSYN booth: a sentry boxtelephone box British English6at a post office box 25/450 etc a box with a number in a post office, where you can have letters etc sent instead of to your own addressSYN PO Box7sports field [countable usually singular] a special area of a sports field that is marked by lines and used for a particular purpose: the penalty box8protection [countable] British English a piece of plastic that a man wears over his sex organs to protect them when he is playing a sport, especially cricket9tree [countable, uncountable] a small tree that keeps its leaves in winter and is often planted around the edge of a garden or field: a box hedge10television the box informal the television: What’s on the box tonight?11be out of your box British English informal to be very drunk or have taken an illegal drug →
black box
COLLOCATIONStypes of boxa cardboard/wooden/plastic box· We packed all our things into big cardboard boxes.a storage box (=for storing things in)· Plastic storage boxes are useful for putting things in the attic.a toolbox· The hammer’s in the tool box.a shoebox (=that you buy shoes in)· She used to keep photographs in old shoe boxes.a sandwich/lunch box· Most of the kids bring lunch boxes to school.a jewellery box British English, a jewelry box American English· A jewellery box had gone missing.a money box (=that children save money in)· How much have you got in your money box?a cash box (=for keeping a supply of money in, for example in a shop)· Thieves stole £100 from a cash box at the school.phrasesa pile/stack of boxes· There was a pile of boxes in the street outside the house.
box1 noun
box2 verb
boxbox2 ●○○ verb
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1[intransitive, transitive] to fight someone as a sport by hitting them with your closed hands inside big leather gloves2 (also box up) [transitive] to put things in boxes: Help me box up the Christmas tree lights. →
boxed
3[transitive] to draw a box around something on a page4box somebody’s ears old-fashioned to hit someone on the side of their headbox in phrasal verb1to surround someone or something so that they are unable to move freely: Someone had parked right behind them, boxing them in.2feel boxed ina)to feel that you cannot do what you want to do because a person or situation is limiting you: Married for only a year, Connie already felt boxed in.b)to feel that you cannot move freely, because you are in a small spacebox off phrasal verbto separate a particular area from a larger one by putting walls around it: We’re going to box off that corner to get extra storage space.