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单词 shoebox
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Definition of shoebox in English:

shoebox

nounˈʃuːbɒksˈʃuˌbɑks
  • 1A box in which a pair of shoes is delivered or sold.

    she kept her cash in a shoebox under the bed
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If your door doesn't have a back panel that can be altered, like ours did, you can use a sturdy shoebox to fashion your window box.
    • If these were paper letters in a shoebox, would you be arguing that they should be burned?
    • The suspect, who is in his 20s, was captured in his bedroom at 6am with crack cocaine, cannabis and a wad of cash stashed in a shoebox.
    • She was just a collection of old memories, mostly unpleasant, that belonged in a shoebox beneath my bed, a haven to gather dust.
    • If you find a shoebox of cash in your hedge or a Louis Vitton suitcase crammed with stacks of bills, just walk away.
    • I found the answer in a month, inside a shoebox filled with letters.
    • I place it in the shoebox under my bed, where I keep things that I want to have for a long time.
    • Lifting an old shoebox from her bed, Kirby removed the lid, dropped her pen, and locked the diary into it.
    • He wasn't even fazed; he just rolled his eyes and reached under the bed and unearthed a shoebox and handed it to me.
    • Without thinking straight, I pick up a shoebox under my bed and start delving through it until I find the article.
    • In Mayo alone last year, 6,500 shoeboxes were filled and delivered.
    • The only photographs she had were stored in a shoebox, along with letters and the diaries that she did have with her.
    • Still, she dismissed it, reminding herself that tons of people kept things that weren't shoes in shoeboxes.
    • Just as she was about to leave, the woman caught sight of the shoebox on the bed, ‘Oh what is that?’
    • I hesitate for a moment, then I burrow in the shoebox underneath my bed for the piece of paper I'm looking for.
    • He could put the letters back in the shoebox he'd found them in, hide it away back in the attic.
    • These children were different from those outside of the gates as they each held a box - a shoebox wrapped in Christmas paper.
    • The best way to secure enough shoeboxes is to buy dozens of pairs of shoes.
    • I was digging around for a different pair and came across a mysterious shoebox.
    • Recently my grandfather rediscovered a shoebox full of letters and war memorabilia.
    1. 1.1informal A very small room or space.
      a shoebox of a room
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Families are no longer satisfied with little shoebox rooms and single beds.
      • I wanted my tiny little apartment, my shoebox sized room, my friends, my Dad.
      • A few days later, they took me back to their shoebox house on its quiet, predominantly Catholic street with its manicured lawn and reliable car in the paved driveway.
      • View from the shoebox apartment, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
      • Take a New Yorker who can't deal with taking the granny cart out to the grocery store and walking up five floors to their shoebox apartment.
      • But even with a good paying job, the only way I'll keep my debts low is by renting a shoebox apartment for the rest of my life.
      • Not too many interior walls since they converted the upstairs storey from five shoebox rooms and a landing to one big space.
      • The acoustician first analyzed the hall as a shoebox and then applied the results to the vineyard.
 
 

Definition of shoebox in US English:

shoebox

nounˈSHo͞oˌbäksˈʃuˌbɑks
  • 1A box in which a pair of shoes is delivered or sold.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He could put the letters back in the shoebox he'd found them in, hide it away back in the attic.
    • These children were different from those outside of the gates as they each held a box - a shoebox wrapped in Christmas paper.
    • The only photographs she had were stored in a shoebox, along with letters and the diaries that she did have with her.
    • Lifting an old shoebox from her bed, Kirby removed the lid, dropped her pen, and locked the diary into it.
    • Just as she was about to leave, the woman caught sight of the shoebox on the bed, ‘Oh what is that?’
    • Recently my grandfather rediscovered a shoebox full of letters and war memorabilia.
    • The suspect, who is in his 20s, was captured in his bedroom at 6am with crack cocaine, cannabis and a wad of cash stashed in a shoebox.
    • Still, she dismissed it, reminding herself that tons of people kept things that weren't shoes in shoeboxes.
    • I hesitate for a moment, then I burrow in the shoebox underneath my bed for the piece of paper I'm looking for.
    • The best way to secure enough shoeboxes is to buy dozens of pairs of shoes.
    • He wasn't even fazed; he just rolled his eyes and reached under the bed and unearthed a shoebox and handed it to me.
    • I place it in the shoebox under my bed, where I keep things that I want to have for a long time.
    • In Mayo alone last year, 6,500 shoeboxes were filled and delivered.
    • I was digging around for a different pair and came across a mysterious shoebox.
    • If your door doesn't have a back panel that can be altered, like ours did, you can use a sturdy shoebox to fashion your window box.
    • She was just a collection of old memories, mostly unpleasant, that belonged in a shoebox beneath my bed, a haven to gather dust.
    • If you find a shoebox of cash in your hedge or a Louis Vitton suitcase crammed with stacks of bills, just walk away.
    • If these were paper letters in a shoebox, would you be arguing that they should be burned?
    • I found the answer in a month, inside a shoebox filled with letters.
    • Without thinking straight, I pick up a shoebox under my bed and start delving through it until I find the article.
    1. 1.1informal Used in references to small or uniform rooms or spaces.
      a shoebox of a room
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Not too many interior walls since they converted the upstairs storey from five shoebox rooms and a landing to one big space.
      • I wanted my tiny little apartment, my shoebox sized room, my friends, my Dad.
      • But even with a good paying job, the only way I'll keep my debts low is by renting a shoebox apartment for the rest of my life.
      • The acoustician first analyzed the hall as a shoebox and then applied the results to the vineyard.
      • A few days later, they took me back to their shoebox house on its quiet, predominantly Catholic street with its manicured lawn and reliable car in the paved driveway.
      • Families are no longer satisfied with little shoebox rooms and single beds.
      • Take a New Yorker who can't deal with taking the granny cart out to the grocery store and walking up five floors to their shoebox apartment.
      • View from the shoebox apartment, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
 
 
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