| 单词 | to box in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto box in to box in 1. transitive. To put or fit a box or partition around (something); to enclose (something) in a box or casing. Cf. to box up 1b at Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > in or as in other specific receptacle or enclosure casea1525 to case up1566 chamber1568 bag1570 embower1580 cistern1587 bower1599 casket1603 entemple1603 immould1610 incavern1611 incave1615 chest1616 enchest1632 intrunk1633 labyrinth1637 caverna1640 cabinetc1642 ark1644 to box in1745 lantern1789 cauldron1791 cave1816 pocket1833 castle1871 1745 New Gen. Coll. Voy. & Trav. I. 47/2 His Court had nothing but bare Walls, with certain Seats round them, railed or boxed in like a Theatre. 1864 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 25 ii. 354 Provision should be made, when practicable, to fence in or ‘box up’ the moving parts... It would be very easy to box up the gearing of a fixed thrasher... It would also be impossible to completely box-in a chaff-cutter. 1919 Autocar Handbk. (ed. 9) 129 In other cars the motor is boxed in nearly air-tight by a shield underneath and a closed bonnet above. 2004 H. Mantel Giving up Ghost (e-book ed.) The bathroom was old-fashioned, and the first thing Jack did was to box the bath in so that you could not see its legs. 2. transitive. To confine (a person or thing) in a small space or within narrow limits, as if in a box, esp. uncomfortably; to block or restrict the movement of (a person or thing). ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] thringc1250 restrain1384 bound1393 abounda1398 limita1398 pincha1450 pin?a1475 prescribec1485 define1513 coarcta1529 circumscribe1529 restrict1535 conclude1548 limitate1563 stint1567 chamber1568 contract1570 crampern1577 contain1578 finish1587 pound1589 confine1597 terminate1602 noosec1604 border1608 constrain1614 coarctate1624 butta1631 to fasten down1694 crimp1747 bourn1807 to box in1845 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > confine [verb (transitive)] > confine in a narrow space threnga1154 thringc1250 straitc1420 estrait1529 straiten1576 stew1590 estraitena1610 crowdc1632 cramp1683 to box in1845 poke1860 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 57 The albarda albardon is the old pique saddle, with high pommel or bow in front,..and croup behind, from which the rider, when once boxed in, is not easily unseated. 1865 J. Cameron Malayan India 83 The wall of jungle which boxes in each plantation. 1955 R. Bannister First Four Minutes 21 I moved out into the second lane so that I could..avoid the danger of being boxed in. 1992 Herald (Glasgow) 16 Nov. 9/8 He thought that all parties were narrow and boxed you in. He wanted to govern the whole country, and parties were always telling you what to do, to take a party line. 2005 Northern Echo 6 Sept. 3/2 As the truck turned into the village and drew to a stop, it was boxed in by the British soldiers. 3. transitive. Printing. To enclose (type, etc.) within rules; to print (a section of text, a picture, etc.) with a border. ΚΠ 1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 65/1 Box in, a term indicating that rules should be placed round as a border. 1916 Laws State of N.Y. (139th Sess.) III. 1660 Each ballot shall be printed in sections,..with the voting squares, and other requisite matter shall be boxed in by heavy black lines in the manner indicated. 1990 H. I. Finberg & B. D. Itule Visual Editing Gloss. 261/2 Rules, straight lines used to visually segment a page, to underscore words and headlines or to box in related stories and visuals. < as lemmas |
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