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单词 matchbox
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Definition of matchbox in English:

matchbox

noun ˈmatʃbɒksˈmætʃˌbɑks
  • 1A small box in which matches are sold, with a striking surface on one side.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Anyway, I was mooching along Tottenham Court Road at lunchtime, and this store was selling little weeny teeny digital cameras, about the size of a matchbox.
    • Aluminium tins, matchboxes and canteen tables were replaced with sophisticated musical instruments.
    • They often produce matchboxes or pill bottles with fluff, splinters and other debris that they insist are specimens that they have caught.
    • Shot glasses and matchboxes (usually with bar names and addresses which are useful for retracing the previous night's steps) are a favourite.
    • Why is it that these places seem more concerned about how they display their designer matchboxes than the gumption level of their staff?
    • Naturally I thought that he'd have a little box like a snuff box or a matchbox and he'd blow them away as we'd usually seen it done.
    • A small port had been built and colossal barges looking like giant overflowing matchboxes were being towed the short distance down the coast to Korea.
    • Adequate stocks of essential commodities such as rice, maida, wheat, kerosene and matchboxes were kept ready for distribution to people in case of any emergency.
    • Back in England, Sam learnt that the original matchbox had been retrieved, 20 years after its loss, by a farmhand who had found it while ploughing a field that very morning.
    • He scrambled through 14 tonnes of waste to find the tiny jewellery case - no bigger than a large matchbox.
    • I had not gone off my habit of collecting matchbooks and matchboxes from places I visited, but sadly, they were not available here.
    • Just one peek at cars the size of matchboxes was enough.
    • From afar the shanty towns resembled ramshackle collections of matchboxes.
    • It turns out that the young woman with the expressionless face of a professional on the catwalk loves cartoons and collecting matchboxes.
    • We therefore amassed about 20 matchboxes and stuffed them with caterpillars, hiding them in nooks and crannies of our homes.
    • The exhibition is a showcase of miniature artwork, with everything from converted matchboxes to sculptures made from bird bones.
    • Meanwhile, the devotees, who assembled well in advance at the appointed places, lit smaller oil lamps using candles and matchboxes.
    • The collection includes a horse so small it was originally sold in a matchbox and an 8ft rocking horse large enough to seat three children at once.
    • Two computers, about the size of a matchbox, are attached to the side of their parachute to calculate the speed of the descent.
    • The most obvious was the imbalance in the midfield, with two strong-running centres whose joint creative talent could be kept in a matchbox, along with the matches.
    1. 1.1as modifier Very small.
      her matchbox apartment
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And I like to watch the tiny matchbox cars moving down the road and wonder whether the drivers know they're being watched from above.
      • There's a large number of German iron toy cars from the 1970s and a full set of English matchbox cars, which are now worth thousands of NT dollars each.
      • It sways in the breeze, and while good-looking, proves to be more of matchbox quality than I had thought.
      • I'd never visited this side of the ridgeline until just a couple days ago when I saw the village transform from matchbox town to real as I descended on this road.
      • From the air Darwin looks like a matchbox town that has been crushed by a giant foot.
      • They were sprawls of monotonous matchbox houses devoid of color.
      • That was a real, heavy metal train carriage, not a matchbox toy.
      • Oddly, one architect likes to keep his matchbox car collection in his cabinet alongside his vintage shaving gear.
      • Sooner or later, you'll see the cable car, which looks like a matchbox toy from the valley floor, inching up the grade.
      • It's just like when you were a kid and you made your own tracks for your matchbox cars around the house.
      • However while the others played together Johnny played by himself with toy airplanes and matchbox cars.
      • Unfortunately, most of the houses built in 1980s and early 1990s are the same, which were called matchbox houses.
      • I have some matchbox cars left over.
      • Mine always bought me dolls, even though he knew what I really wanted was those little matchbox cars.
 
 

Definition of matchbox in US English:

matchbox

nounˈmætʃˌbɑksˈmaCHˌbäks
  • 1A small box in which matches are sold.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A small port had been built and colossal barges looking like giant overflowing matchboxes were being towed the short distance down the coast to Korea.
    • Why is it that these places seem more concerned about how they display their designer matchboxes than the gumption level of their staff?
    • I had not gone off my habit of collecting matchbooks and matchboxes from places I visited, but sadly, they were not available here.
    • Anyway, I was mooching along Tottenham Court Road at lunchtime, and this store was selling little weeny teeny digital cameras, about the size of a matchbox.
    • We therefore amassed about 20 matchboxes and stuffed them with caterpillars, hiding them in nooks and crannies of our homes.
    • The collection includes a horse so small it was originally sold in a matchbox and an 8ft rocking horse large enough to seat three children at once.
    • It turns out that the young woman with the expressionless face of a professional on the catwalk loves cartoons and collecting matchboxes.
    • The most obvious was the imbalance in the midfield, with two strong-running centres whose joint creative talent could be kept in a matchbox, along with the matches.
    • Naturally I thought that he'd have a little box like a snuff box or a matchbox and he'd blow them away as we'd usually seen it done.
    • Back in England, Sam learnt that the original matchbox had been retrieved, 20 years after its loss, by a farmhand who had found it while ploughing a field that very morning.
    • Adequate stocks of essential commodities such as rice, maida, wheat, kerosene and matchboxes were kept ready for distribution to people in case of any emergency.
    • From afar the shanty towns resembled ramshackle collections of matchboxes.
    • Just one peek at cars the size of matchboxes was enough.
    • He scrambled through 14 tonnes of waste to find the tiny jewellery case - no bigger than a large matchbox.
    • The exhibition is a showcase of miniature artwork, with everything from converted matchboxes to sculptures made from bird bones.
    • They often produce matchboxes or pill bottles with fluff, splinters and other debris that they insist are specimens that they have caught.
    • Shot glasses and matchboxes (usually with bar names and addresses which are useful for retracing the previous night's steps) are a favourite.
    • Meanwhile, the devotees, who assembled well in advance at the appointed places, lit smaller oil lamps using candles and matchboxes.
    • Aluminium tins, matchboxes and canteen tables were replaced with sophisticated musical instruments.
    • Two computers, about the size of a matchbox, are attached to the side of their parachute to calculate the speed of the descent.
    1. 1.1as modifier Something very small, especially a house, apartment, or room.
      her new thimble-sized, matchbox apartment
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Mine always bought me dolls, even though he knew what I really wanted was those little matchbox cars.
      • They were sprawls of monotonous matchbox houses devoid of color.
      • It's just like when you were a kid and you made your own tracks for your matchbox cars around the house.
      • There's a large number of German iron toy cars from the 1970s and a full set of English matchbox cars, which are now worth thousands of NT dollars each.
      • I'd never visited this side of the ridgeline until just a couple days ago when I saw the village transform from matchbox town to real as I descended on this road.
      • I have some matchbox cars left over.
      • However while the others played together Johnny played by himself with toy airplanes and matchbox cars.
      • From the air Darwin looks like a matchbox town that has been crushed by a giant foot.
      • Oddly, one architect likes to keep his matchbox car collection in his cabinet alongside his vintage shaving gear.
      • It sways in the breeze, and while good-looking, proves to be more of matchbox quality than I had thought.
      • And I like to watch the tiny matchbox cars moving down the road and wonder whether the drivers know they're being watched from above.
      • Unfortunately, most of the houses built in 1980s and early 1990s are the same, which were called matchbox houses.
      • That was a real, heavy metal train carriage, not a matchbox toy.
      • Sooner or later, you'll see the cable car, which looks like a matchbox toy from the valley floor, inching up the grade.
 
 
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