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Box Small Countable Area Container N Boxed Things

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.

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[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
      boxing
      black box
      chocolate-box
      lunch box
      phone box
      post office box
      postbox
      sentry box
      signal box
      telephone box
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        to box someone's ears→see:
        ear
          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 ; NAmE bɑːks /
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          verb
          box boxes boxed boxing
          noun _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 6 the 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 ( also box·wood ) [uncountable ] the hard wood of this bush 黄杨木 IDIOM give 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.
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          trick
          n.
          verb fight 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) IDIOMS box 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 VERB ˌbox sb/sth ˈin 1 to 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 ; NAmE bɑːks /
          LDC
          box1 noun
          box2 verb
          boxbox1 /bɒks $ bɑːks/ ●●● S1 W1 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 purpose SYN  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 address SYN  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 somebody/something ↔ 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 in a)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 something ↔ off phrasal verb to 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.
          WDF

          box

          [bɒks]boxed, boxing, boxes

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          boxed[1237] boxes[15004] boxing[8283]
          盒子(47%),箱子(33%),拳击(5%),耳光(4%),包厢(4%),黄杨木(2%),把…装箱(1%),一拳(1%),专席(1%),巴掌(1%),打耳光(1%)
          n.箱,盒子;包厢;一拳
          vt.拳击;装…入盒中;打耳光
          vi.拳击
          n.(Box)人名;(英、法、西)博克斯

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