| 单词 | carton |
| 释义 | carton (once / 5162 pages) n A carton is a cardboard box or package. A pint of cream often comes in a carton. There are many different kinds of cartons, but most of them are packaging for some kind of consumer product, particularly food. There are egg cartons, milk cartons, and cigarette cartons, all of which are different shapes and made out of slightly different types of paperboard or lightweight cardboard. Carton has its root in the Medieval Latin word carta, "paper." WORD FAMILYcarton: cartonful, cartons USAGE EXAMPLESOnce a month, a courier from Brinkmann would arrive at her front door with two cartons of cigarettes. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) The government approved the use of plain packaging on cigarette cartons - which removes messages, colours and brand images - in May. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) Each day he received a carton of milk. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1n a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top Hypo|Hyper six pack, six-pack, sixpack a carton containing six bottles or cans box a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid 2n the quantity contained in a carton Syn|Hyper cartonful containerful the quantity that a container will hold |
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