单词 | poor box |
释义 | poor box (once / 115876 pages) n WORD FAMILY poor box: poor boxes USAGE EXAMPLESWith the recent Fantastic Four reboot’s poor box office performance, a lot of people are wondering if superhero fatigue is setting in. Time(Aug 20, 2015) The ruinous decade had scarred the city, as it had every other: poor boxes on the street, people living on railcars. Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend(2001) He warned him that he should consider making a contribution to the court poor box to avoid a conviction. BBC(May 01, 2015) n box for collecting alms, especially one in a church Syn|Hyper alms box, mite box box a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid |
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