| 释义 |
ˈproperty box Theatre.
[f. property n. + box n.2]
†1. A seated compartment (box n.2 8) which may be privately rented. Obs.
1812Dramatic Censor 1811 53 And Ladies Carlisle and Jersey rent Property boxes, which reduces the number of Ladies seceders to fourteen. 1828J. Ebers Seven Yrs. King's Theatre ix. 243 In this year (1825) and the preceding one, the terms existing in the property-boxes expired.
2. A box (box n.2 1) in which stage properties are stored.
1864P. Paterson Glimpses Real Life 3 Richard's truncheon we knew was in the property-box. 1890B. Hall Turnover Club ii. 28, I met on the rocks, with a ‘property-box’, A gloomy theatrical man. |