memory boxn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛm(ə)rɪ bɒks/, U.S.

/ˈmɛm(ə)ri ˌbɑks/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: memory n., box n.²

Etymology: < memory n. + box n.²

1. The brain or mind, as the place where memories are stored; a person's memory or store of memories. Frequently colloquial and humorous.Cf. brain-box n. 2a, think box n. at think v.² Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > [noun]

i-mindOE

mindc1175

imagination1340

memoriala1393

memorya1393

recordationa1398

remembrance?c1425

recollection1734

memory box1832

remembery1882

mnemotechnic1922

memory bank1952

the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > [noun] > as seat of mind

braineOE

pericranium1590

sensorium1613

brainpana1641

pericrane1682

pericrany1699

brain-box1816

memory box1832

think-tank1889

think box1910

thinking box1911

1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster III. v. 65 Your good father be a little damaged in his upper works; his memory-box be like a sieve.

1894 A. W. Brayley Schools & Schoolboys of Old Boston v. 54 My memory-box often plays tricks.

1911 Med. World May 178/2 Let me give you another echo from my memory box.

1973 V. C. Ike Potter's Wheel (1974) xv. 126 It was the special kernels that did it. They rang a bell somewhere inside his memory box, and he bit his lips to hold back the tears.

2014 Timaru (N.Z.) Herald (Nexis) 30 Sept. 9 Perhaps I have it wrong... The old memory box is not always right when it comes to ‘times past’!

2. A box of mementos or keepsakes. In later use esp.: a box of such items intended to help a bereaved person preserve memories of a loved one, or to help trigger memories in a person with dementia or a similar condition.

ΚΠ

1863 Daily Southern Crisis (Jackson, Mississippi) 13 Feb. The hair will do for the girls to make rings of and keep in their memory-boxes.

1916 Good Housek. Mag. Feb. 189/2 Don't lock it [sc. a will] up in your memory-box, or leave it in your bureau drawer.

1967 ALA Bull. 61 73 Save theater stubs and programs, samples of foreign money,..and other memorabilia... Not only will the memory box recall happy events and places visited; it verifies your trip.

1982 Social Work July 325/3 Memory boxes include such things as a hospital record, death certificate,..a photograph, footprint,..and sympathy cards.

1996 A. Wolfelt Healing Bereaved Child viii. 237 Filling a memory box with photos and other keepsakes of the deceased.

2015 Guardian (Nexis) 3 Feb. Joshua..decides to help his granddad..by making him a memory box in which he places photos and mementos of a lifetime of memories that are slipping away.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	memory box
释义	memory boxn. Brit. /ˈmɛm(ə)rɪ bɒks/, U.S. /ˈmɛm(ə)ri ˌbɑks/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: memory n., box n.² Etymology: < memory n. + box n.² 1. The brain or mind, as the place where memories are stored; a person's memory or store of memories. Frequently colloquial and humorous.Cf. brain-box n. 2a, think box n. at think v.² Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > [noun] i-mindOE mindc1175 imagination1340 memoriala1393 memorya1393 recordationa1398 remembrance?c1425 recollection1734 memory box1832 remembery1882 mnemotechnic1922 memory bank1952 the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > [noun] > as seat of mind braineOE pericranium1590 sensorium1613 brainpana1641 pericrane1682 pericrany1699 brain-box1816 memory box1832 think-tank1889 think box1910 thinking box1911 1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster III. v. 65 Your good father be a little damaged in his upper works; his memory-box be like a sieve. 1894 A. W. Brayley Schools & Schoolboys of Old Boston v. 54 My memory-box often plays tricks. 1911 Med. World May 178/2 Let me give you another echo from my memory box. 1973 V. C. Ike Potter's Wheel (1974) xv. 126 It was the special kernels that did it. They rang a bell somewhere inside his memory box, and he bit his lips to hold back the tears. 2014 Timaru (N.Z.) Herald (Nexis) 30 Sept. 9 Perhaps I have it wrong... The old memory box is not always right when it comes to ‘times past’! 2. A box of mementos or keepsakes. In later use esp.: a box of such items intended to help a bereaved person preserve memories of a loved one, or to help trigger memories in a person with dementia or a similar condition. ΚΠ 1863 Daily Southern Crisis (Jackson, Mississippi) 13 Feb. The hair will do for the girls to make rings of and keep in their memory-boxes. 1916 Good Housek. Mag. Feb. 189/2 Don't lock it [sc. a will] up in your memory-box, or leave it in your bureau drawer. 1967 ALA Bull. 61 73 Save theater stubs and programs, samples of foreign money,..and other memorabilia... Not only will the memory box recall happy events and places visited; it verifies your trip. 1982 Social Work July 325/3 Memory boxes include such things as a hospital record, death certificate,..a photograph, footprint,..and sympathy cards. 1996 A. Wolfelt Healing Bereaved Child viii. 237 Filling a memory box with photos and other keepsakes of the deceased. 2015 Guardian (Nexis) 3 Feb. Joshua..decides to help his granddad..by making him a memory box in which he places photos and mementos of a lifetime of memories that are slipping away. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1832
随便看	secretary-general secretary-generalship secretary-interpreter secretary-office secretary-treasurer secretary-typist secretary-vulture secretarycraft secretaryfalcon secretarygeneral secretarygeneralship secretarying secretaryinterpreter secretaryoffice secretaryship secretaryships secretarytreasurer secretarytypist secretaryvulture secretbreathed secretdimpling secrete secreted secretement secreter