| 单词 | container |
| 释义 | container (once / 1744 pages) n A container holds things inside it. Bags, boxes, buckets, and pockets are all containers. The purpose of a container is to carry, hold, or store something. You might buy nuts at the grocery store, then bring them home and put them in a container, or you could put your leftover pasta in an airtight container and store it in the refrigerator for tomorrow's lunch. The thing all containers have in common is that they contain, or hold, things. Both words are rooted in the Latin continere, "to hold together or enclose." WORD FAMILYcontainer: containerful, containerise, containerize, containers+/contain: contained, container, containing, containment, contains/contained: self-contained/containerize: containerized USAGE EXAMPLESWrap fragile ornaments in leftover tissue paper or newspaper, or invest in storage containers like archival ornament boxes from the Container Store. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) The investigation narrowed in on three helium containers within the second-stage liquid oxygen tank. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) “All these refrigerated containers, and meanwhile people are waiting in food lines each week just to buy a single chicken,” Arteaga said. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) n any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) Exp|Hypo|Hyper Ark of the Covenant (Judaism) sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments Holy Grail(legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper Marinelanda commercial aquarium featuring trained dolphins Pandora's box(Greek mythology) a box that Zeus gave to Pandora with instructions that she not open it; she gave in to her curiosity and opened it; all the miseries and evils flew out to afflict mankind bag a flexible container with a single opening bag, handbag, pocketbook, pursea container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) basket, handbasketa container that is usually woven and has handles bina container; usually has a lid bowl, pipe bowla small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco boxa (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid bread-bin, breadboxa container used to keep bread or cake in bunkera large container for storing fuel can, tin, tin canairtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc. canister, cannister, tinmetal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour capsulea small container cargo containera large container for freight casea portable container for carrying several objects case, display case, showcase, vitrinea glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home cassettea container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video cupa small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle cylindera cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air dice box, dice cupa small container (open at one end) in which dice are shaken by hand and from which they are thrown disha piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food dispensera container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts drawera boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out Dumpstera container designed to receive and transport and dump waste emptya container that has been emptied envelopea flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc. drinking glass, glassa container for holding liquids while drinking grab baga container from which a person draws a wrapped item at random without knowing the contents magnetic bottlecontainer consisting of any configuration of magnetic fields used to contain a plasma during controlled thermonuclear reactions mailera container for something to be mailed manger, trougha container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed measurea container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance cast, mold, mouldcontainer into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens package, parcela wrapped container panshallow container made of metal fuel pod, poda detachable container of fuel on an airplane flowerpot, pota container in which plants are cultivated powder flask, powder horncontainer for carrying gunpowder; made of the hollow horn of an animal receptaclea container that is used to put or keep things in reliquarya container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints) saltcellara small container for holding salt at the dining table bank, coin bank, money box, savings banka container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home coal scuttle, scuttlecontainer for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire shakera container in which something can be shaken spoona piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food storage ringcontainer consisting of a set of magnets set in a doughnut-shaped ring around which charged particles from an accelerator can be kept circulating until they are used thimblea small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing; can be used as a small container time capsulecontainer for preserving historical records to be discovered at some future time vesselan object used as a container (especially for liquids) circular file, waste basket, waste-paper basket, wastebasket, wastepaper basketa container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish watering can, watering pota container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzle; used to sprinkle water over plants wheeled vehiclea vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people workbag, workbasket, workboxcontainer for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing) aerosol, aerosol bomb, aerosol can, aerosol container, spray cana dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas) air baga safety restraint in an automobile; the bag inflates on collision and prevents the driver or passenger from being thrown forward airmailera mailer for airmail ash bin, ash-bin, ashbin, ashcan, dustbin, garbage can, trash barrel, trash bin, trash can, wastebina bin that holds rubbish until it is collected ash-pana receptacle fitted beneath the grate in which ashes collect and are removed ashtraya receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes atomiser, atomizer, nebuliser, nebulizer, spray, sprayera dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist audiocassettea cassette for audiotape autoclave, steriliser, sterilizera device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pushchair, pusher, strollera small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around back pack, backpack, haversack, knapsack, packsack, rucksacka bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder baggage, luggagecases used to carry belongings when traveling bain-mariea large pan that is filled with hot water; smaller pans containing food can be set in the larger pan to keep food warm or to cook food slowly ballot boxa box where voters deposit their ballots bandboxa light cylindrical box for holding light articles of attire (especially hats) barrel, caska cylindrical container that holds liquids basina bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids batha vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it) bath, bathing tub, bathtub, tuba relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body beakera cup (usually without a handle) beanbaga small cloth bag filled with dried beans; thrown in games bedpana shallow vessel used by a bedridden patient for defecation and urination beehive, hivea man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees beer cana can that holds beer beer glassa relatively large glass for serving beer bicycle, bike, cycle, wheela wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals bladdera bag that fills with air body bag, human remains pouch, personnel poucha bag in which the body of a dead soldier is placed boiler, steam boilersealed vessel where water is converted to steam bone-ash cup, cupel, refractory pota small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead boneshakerany wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable book baga bag in which students carry their books bottlea glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped bottle, feeding bottle, nursing bottlea vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children bowla dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods bowla round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids; breadbasketa basket for serving bread briefcasea case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books bucket, paila roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top bumpera glass filled to the brim (especially as a toast) bundle, sheafa package of several things tied together for carrying or storing bunk, feed bunka long trough for feeding cattle burn baga bag into which secret documents are placed before being burned bushel basketa basket large enough to hold a bushel butter disha small dish (often with a cover) for holding butter at the table caddy, tea caddya can for storing tea cannikina small can car, railcar, railroad car, railway cara wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad cardcasea small case for carrying business cards carryall, holdall, tote, tote baga capacious bag or basket cartona box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top case, compositor's case, typesetter's case(printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers casket, jewel casketsmall and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables casserolelarge deep dish in which food can be cooked and served caster, castora shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar cat boxa receptacle for cat excrement catchallan enclosure or receptacle for odds and ends censer, thuriblea container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual) cereal boxa paper box in which breakfast cereals are sold chalice, gobleta bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup chamberpot, potty, thunder muga receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom chestbox with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy butter churn, churna vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk cigar boxa box for holding cigars cigarette casea small flat case for holding cigarettes; can be carried in a purse or a pocket clutch, clutch baga woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand coalbin, coalholea bin for holding coal cocktail shakera shaker for mixing cocktails coffee cana can for storing ground coffee coffee cupa cup from which coffee is drunk casket, coffinbox in which a corpse is buried or cremated coin boxthe part of a slot machine that serves as a receptacle for the coins compact, powder compacta small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse coquillea dish in the form of a scallop shell cratea rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping creela wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish criba bin or granary for storing grains crucible, melting pota vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions dessert spoona spoon larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon dishpanlarge pan for washing dishes dispatch box, dispatch casecase consisting of an oblong container (usually having a lock) for carrying dispatches or other valuables Dixie cup, paper cupa disposable cup made of paper; for holding drinks drawstring baga bag that is closed at the top with a drawstring drinking vessela vessel intended for drinking drip panpan under a refrigerator for collecting liquid waste drum, metal druma cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids dust bag, vacuum baga bag into which dirt is sucked by a vacuum cleaner dustpana short-handled receptacle into which dust can be swept envelope, gasbagthe bag containing the gas in a balloon etuismall ornamental ladies' bag for small articles evening baga handbag used with evening wear eye cup, eyebath, eyecupa small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball flagona large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout; used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine) flata shallow box in which seedlings are started flour bina bin for holding flour forma mold for setting concrete fraila basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs) gamebaga canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter garbagea receptacle where waste can be discarded glasses casea case for carrying spectacles gobleta drinking glass with a base and stem golf baggolf equipment consisting of a bag for carrying golf clubs and balls grace cupcup to be passed around for the final toast after a meal boat, gravy boat, gravy holder, sauceboata dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce gun casea case for storing a gun burlap bag, gunny sack, gunnysacka bag made of burlap hampera basket usually with a cover cart, go-cart, handcart, pushcartwheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels highball glassa tall glass for serving highballs hodan open box attached to a long pole handle; bricks or mortar are carried on the shoulder hopperfunnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below horse-drawn vehiclea wheeled vehicle drawn by one or more horses hot-water bag, hot-water bottlea stoppered receptacle (usually made of rubber) that is to be filled with hot water and used for warming a bed or parts of the body ice bag, ice packa waterproof bag filled with ice: applied to the body (especially the head) to cool or reduce swelling in-basket, in-traya wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your incoming material inhalator, inhalera dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion jara vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles kita case for containing a set of articles cylix, kylixa shallow drinking cup with two handles; used in ancient Greece ladlea spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another letter casecase for carrying letters liqueur glassa small glass for serving a small amount of liqueur (typically after dinner) litter basket, litter-basket, litterbinbin (usually in or outside a public building) into which the public can put rubbish locketa small ornamental case; usually contains a picture or a lock of hair and is worn on a necklace mailbag, postbagletter carrier's shoulder bag letter box, mailboxa private box for delivery of mail matchboxa box for holding matches matrixmold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface measuring cupgraduated cup used to measure liquid or granular ingredients milk canlarge can for transporting milk monstrance, ostensorium(Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration mortara bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle motor scooter, scootera wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel mullera vessel in which wine is mulled moustache cup, mustache cupa drinking cup with a bar inside the rim to keep a man's mustache out of the drink feedbag, nosebaga canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse); covers the muzzle and fastens at the top of the head oilcana can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery ossuaryany receptacle for the burial of human bones out-basket, out-traya wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your outgoing material packa convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film) packeta small package or bundle paintballa capsule filled with water-soluble dye used as a projectile in playing the game of paintball paintboxa box containing a collection of cubes or tubes of artists' paint panniereither of a pair of bags or boxes hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle) pannikina small pan or cup (usually of tin) parfait glassa tall slender glass with a short stem in which parfait is served parts bina bin for holding spare parts pencil box, pencil casea box for holding pencils pepper box, pepper pot, pepper shakera shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper Petri disha shallow dish used to culture bacteria pig, pig bedmold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast penny bank, piggy banka child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig) pillboxa small case for holding pills ewer, pitcheran open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring plantera decorative pot for house plants plastic baga bag made of thin plastic material collection plate, platea shallow receptacle for collection in church play-box, playboxa box for a child's toys and personal things (especially at a boarding school) poachera cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs) alms box, mite box, poor boxbox for collecting alms, especially one in a church portfolioa large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather potmetal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid poucha small or medium size container for holding or carrying things punneta small light basket used as a measure for fruits pursea small bag for carrying money pix, pyxany receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept pyxisa small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines quivercase for holding arrows ragbaga bag in which rags are kept ramekin, ramequina small fireproof dish used for baking and serving individual portions recycling bina bin for depositing things to be recycled reticulea woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries retorta vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat rolling stockcollection of wheeled vehicles owned by a railroad or motor carrier roll-ona dispenser of a liquid cosmetic (such as a deodorant) having a revolving ball as an applicator rosin baga bag filled with rosin; used by baseball pitchers to improve their grip on the ball rummera large drinking glass (ovoid bowl on a stem) for drinking toasts runcible spoona fork-like spoon with a cutting edge; coined by Edward Lear sacheta small soft bag containing perfumed powder; used to perfume items in a drawer or chest carrier bag, paper bag, poke, sacka bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases saddlebaga large bag (or pair of bags) hung over a saddle salt shaker, saltshakera shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt sandbaga bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast sandboxmold consisting of a box with sand shaped to mold metal save-alla receptacle for catching waste products for further use schoolbaga bag for carrying school books and supplies schoonera large beer glass scooterchild's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot scyphusan ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base seidela glass for beer self-propelled vehiclea wheeled vehicle that carries in itself a means of propulsion serving disha dish used for serving food sewing basketa workbasket in which sewing materials can be stored shadow boxa shallow rectangular box with a transparent front used to protect and display small items (jewelry, coins, etc.) shoe(card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time shoeboxan oblong rectangular (usually cardboard) box designed to hold a pair of shoes shopping baga bag made of plastic or strong paper (often with handles); used to transport goods after shopping shopping basketa handbasket used to carry goods while shopping jigger, pony, shot glassa small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey shoulder baga large handbag that can be carried by a strap looped over the shoulder sick bag, sickbaga bag provided on an airplane for passengers who are suffering from airsickness and need to vomit silent butlera small receptacle with a handle and a hinged lid; used for collecting crumbs or ashes skateboarda board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position and propelled by foot skepa large round wicker basket (used on farms) skina bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal sleeping baglarge padded bag designed to be slept in outdoors; usually rolls up like a bedroll sleevesmall case into which an object fits slinger ringdispenser consisting of a tubular ring around the propeller hub of an airplane through which antifreeze solution is spread over the blades brandy glass, brandy snifter, sniftera globular glass with a small top; used for serving brandy snuffboxa small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket soap dispenserdispenser of liquid soap socketreceptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted soda cana can for holding soft drinks soup spoon, soupspoona spoon with a rounded bowl for eating soup cuspidor, spittoona receptacle for spit (usually in a public place) steepera vessel (usually a pot or vat) used for steeping deedbox, strongboxa strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked sugar bowla dish in which sugar is served sugar shell, sugar spoona spoon for serving sugar; often made in the shape of a seashell sweat baga porous bag (usually of canvas) that holds water and cools it by evaporation tablespoona spoon larger than a dessert spoon; used for serving storage tank, tanka large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids tea bagsmall paper bag holding a measure of tea teacupa cup from which tea is drunk tea makera covered spoon with perforations teaspoona small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee; holds about one fluid dram tidyreceptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials) tina vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used mainly in baking tinderboxa box for holding tinder sponge bag, toilet baga waterproof bag for holding bathrooms items (soap and toothpaste etc.) when you are travelling tool baga bag in which tools are carried house trailer, trailera wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy trayan open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food tricycle, trike, velocipedea vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals trophy casea case in which to display trophies trougha long narrow shallow receptacle tub, vata large open vessel for holding or storing liquids tuck boxa box for storing eatables (especially at boarding school) tucker-baga bag used for carrying food tumblera glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom monocycle, unicyclea vehicle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals urceolea vessel that holds water for washing the hands videocassettea cassette for videotape waggon, wagonany of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor coaster wagon, wagona child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting billfold, notecase, pocketbook, walleta pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money warming pana long-handled covered pan holding live coals to warm a bed watch casethe metal case in which the works of a watch are housed watch glasslaboratory glassware; a shallow glass dish used as an evaporating surface or to cover a beaker water glassa glass for drinking water water jacketa container filled with water that surrounds a machine to cool it; especially that surrounding the cylinder block of an engine welcome wagona wheeled vehicle carrying information and gifts from local merchants for new residents in an area wella cavity or vessel used to contain liquid wicker basketa basket made of wickerwork window boxa long narrow box for growing plants on a windowsill window envelopean envelope with a transparent panel that reveals the address on the enclosure wineglassa glass that has a stem and in which wine is served wooden spoona spoon made of wood writing deska portable case containing writing materials and having a writing surface instrumentality, instrumentation an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end |
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