| 单词 | box |
| 释义 | Word Frequency box 1(bɒks) noun 1. a receptacle or container made of wood, cardboard, etc, usually rectangular and having a removable or hinged lid 2. Also called: boxful the contents of such a receptacle or the amount it can contain he ate a whole box of chocolates 3. any of various containers for a specific purpose a money box letter box 4. (often in combination) any of various small cubicles, kiosks, or shelters a sentry box a signal box on a railway 5. a separate compartment in a public place for a small group of people, as in a theatre or certain restaurants 6. an enclosure within a courtroom jury box, witness box 7. a compartment for a horse in a stable or a vehicle loosebox, horsebox 8. British a small country house occupied by sportspeople when following a field sport, esp shooting 9. a. a protective housing for machinery or mechanical parts b. the contents of such a box c. (in combination) a gearbox 10. a shaped device of light tough material worn by sportsmen to protect the genitals, esp in cricket 11. a section of printed matter on a page, enclosed by lines, a border, or white space 12. a central agency to which mail is addressed and from which it is collected or redistributed a post-office box to reply to a box number in a newspaper advertisement 13. the central part of a computer or the casing enclosing it 14. short for penalty box 15. baseball either of the designated areas in which the batter may stand 16. the raised seat on which the driver sits in a horse-drawn coach 17. New Zealand a wheeled container for transporting coal in a mine 18. Australian and New Zealand an accidental mixing of herds or flocks 19. a hole cut into the base of a tree to collect the sap 20. short for Christmas box 21. a device for dividing water into two or more ditches in an irrigation system 22. an informal name for a coffin 23. vulgar, slang the female genitals 24. be a box of birds 25. the box 26. think outside the box 27. tick all the boxes 28. out of the box verb 29. (transitive) to put into a box 30. (tr; usually foll by in or up) to prevent from moving freely; confine 31. (transitive; foll by in) printing to enclose (text) within a ruled frame 32. (transitive) to make a cut in the base of (a tree) in order to collect the sap 33. (transitive) Australian and New Zealand to mix (flocks or herds) accidentally 34. (transitive; sometimes foll by up) New Zealand to confuse I am all boxed up 35. nautical short for boxhaul 36. box the compass Derived forms boxlike (ˈboxˌlike) adjective Word origin Old English box, from Latin buxus from Greek puxos box3Word Frequency box 2(bɒks) verb 1. (transitive) to fight (an opponent) in a boxing match 2. (intransitive) to engage in boxing 3. (transitive) to hit (a person) with the fist; punch or cuff 4. box clever noun 5. a punch with the fist, esp on the ear Word origin C14: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Dutch boken to shunt, push into positionWord Frequency box 3(bɒks) noun 1. a dense slow-growing evergreen tree or shrub of the genus Buxus, esp B. sempervirens, which has small shiny leaves and is used for hedges, borders, and garden mazes: family Buxaceae 2. the wood of this tree boxwood (sense 1)3. any of several trees the timber or foliage of which resembles this tree, esp various species of Eucalyptus with rough bark Word origin Old English, from Latin buxus |
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