单词 | date box |
释义 | > as lemmasdate box date box n. (a) a box containing rollers which can be turned to display the day and month through openings in the box's front (now rare); (b) a bordered space (esp. on a piece of paper or a computer screen) in which a date may be displayed or entered. ΚΠ 1839 Railway Times 21 Sept. 746/3 The Diurnal or Date Boxes recently introduced. 1900 H. Nicholls & W. Lestocq Jane i. 4 Writing table with date box, candlesticks, etc. 1929 Winnipeg Free Press 20 July (Story section) 4/2 The details of the stamped, or carved, design on the pipe are a racing Indian pony across the front, with the buildings of a trading establishment and the date box above referred to around the back and sides. 1997 T. Powers Earthquake Weather (1998) ii. 21 Armentrout had already pulled down an escape-report form from the shelf over the desk, and he now wrote 12/31/94 in the date box. 2010 S. McManus Social Networking for Older & Wiser vi. 142 Your event title is limited to 20 characters, and it's a good idea to try to get the location and a short description into that,..because this is what appears in the date box on the calendar. < as lemmas |
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