英汉词典

box 基本解释

• n. 箱，盒子；包厢；一拳
• vi. 拳击
• vt. 拳击；装…入盒中；打耳光
• n. (Box)人名；(英、法、西)博克斯

box 词态变化

box 中文词源

1.箱子，来自拉丁词buxis, 黄杨木，后指黄杨木做的箱子。可能同bush.

2.拳击，拟声词。

box 英文词源

box

box: English has two distinct words box. The ‘receptacle’ [OE] probably comes from late Latin buxis, a variant of Latin pyxis (whence English pyx ‘container for Communion bread’ [14]). This was borrowed from Greek puxís, which originally meant not simply ‘box’, but specifically ‘box made of wood’; for it was a derivative of Greek púxos, which via Latin buxus has given English box the tree [OE]. Box ‘fight with the fists’ first appeared in English as a noun, meaning ‘blow’ [14], now preserved mainly in ‘a box round the ears’.

Its ancestry is uncertain: it may be related to Middle Dutch bōke and Danish bask ‘blow’, or it could simply be an obscure metaphorical extension of box ‘receptacle’.
=> pyx

box (n.1.)

Old English box "a wooden container," also the name of a type of shrub, from Late Latin buxis, from Greek pyxis "boxwood box," from pyxos "box tree," which is of uncertain origin. See OED entry for discussion. German Büchse also is a Latin loan word.

Meaning "compartment at a theater" is from c. 1600. Meaning "pigeon-hole at a post office" is from 1832. Meaning "television" is from 1950. Slang meaning "vulva" is attested 17c., according to "Dictionary of American Slang;" modern use seems to date from c.World War II, perhaps originally Australian, on notion of "box of tricks." Box office is 1786; in the figurative sense of "financial element of a performance" it is first recorded 1904. Box lunch (n.) attested from 1899. The box set, "multiple-album, CD or cassette issue of the work of an artist" is attested by 1955.

box (n.2.)

"a blow," c. 1300, of uncertain origin, possibly related to Middle Dutch boke, Middle High German buc, and Danish bask, all meaning "a blow," perhaps imitative.

box (v.1)

"to put into storage, put into a box," mid-15c., from box (n.1). Related: Boxed; boxing.

box (v.2)

"to beat or whip," late 14c., from box (n.2). Meaning "to fight with the fists" is from 1560s. Related: Boxed; boxing.

box 词组搭配

box 英文释义

1. a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid;

"he rummaged through a box of spare parts"

2. private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance;

"the royal box was empty"

3. the quantity contained in a box;

"he gave her a box of chocolates"

4. a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible;

"his lying got him into a tight corner"

5. a rectangular drawing;

"the flowchart contained many boxes"

6. evergreen shrubs or small trees

7. any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned;

"the umpire warned the batter to stay in the batter's box"

8. the driver's seat on a coach;

"an armed guard sat in the box with the driver"

9. separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people;

"the sentry stayed in his box to avoid the cold"

10. a blow with the hand (usually on the ear);

"I gave him a good box on the ear"

box 双语例句

1. Patterson pointed toward a plain cardboard box beneath a long wooden table.

帕特森指着长木桌下的一个普通的纸板箱。

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2. Martinez expressed confidence of victory at the ballot box.

马丁内斯表示了对选举获胜的信心。

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3. The film opened to healthy box office receipts before rapidly falling off.

这部影片的票房收入开始的时候持续上涨，但是后来急剧下降。

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4. I had to box Max's ears to get him to hush.

我不得不打了马克斯一耳光让他闭嘴。

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5. The original script was written with the idiot box in mind.

剧本当初就是为电视而写的。

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box 实用场景例句

She kept all the letters in a box.

她把信件都保存在一只盒子里。

牛津词典

a money box

钱匣

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cardboard boxes

纸板箱

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a toolbox

工具箱

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a matchbox

火柴盒

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a box of chocolates/matches

一盒巧克力 / 火柴

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a box at the opera

歌剧院的包厢

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the witness/jury box

证人 / 陪审团席

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(British English)a telephone box

岗亭；铁路信号所

牛津词典

(British English)a telephone box

电话亭

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I called him from the phone box on the corner.

我在拐角处的电话亭打电话给他。

牛津词典

Put a cross in the appropriate box.

在适当的长方格里打叉号。

牛津词典

to tick/check a box

在方格里画钩 / 做核对记号

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What's on the box tonight?

今晚有什么电视节目？

牛津词典

Only traffic turning right may enter the box.

只允许右拐的车辆进入交叉路口黄格区。

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(British English)He was fouled in the box (= the penalty box).

有人在禁区对他犯规。

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Someone had parked behind us and boxed us in.

有人把车停在我们后面，困住了我们。

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She felt boxed in by all their petty rules.

她觉得被他们的琐碎规章束缚住了手脚。

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They sat on wooden boxes.

他们坐在木箱子上。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He scored from the penalty spot after being brought down in the box.

在罚球区内被违规撞倒后，他罚点球破门得分。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Do you watch it live at all or do you watch it on the box?

你是在现场看还是在电视上看？

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...Country Crafts, Box 111, Landisville.

兰蒂斯维尔111号信箱，乡村工艺社

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...box hedges.

黄杨篱笆

柯林斯高阶英语词典

At school I boxed and played rugby...

在学校时我既打拳击又玩橄榄球。

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The two fighters had previously boxed a 12-round match.

这两位拳击手之前已经打了一场12回合的比赛。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He reached into the cardboard box beside him...

他把手伸进身边的纸板盒里。

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