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单词 drawing box
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drawing boxn.

Brit. /ˈdrɔː(r)ɪŋ bɒks/, U.S. /ˈdrɔɪŋ ˌbɑks/, /ˈdrɑɪŋ ˌbɑks/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: drawing n., box n.2
Etymology: < drawing n. + box n.2With sense 1 compare earlier draw box n. (a) at draw- comb. form 1.
1. A drawer. Cf. draw box n. (a) at draw- comb. form 1. Obsolete.
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1599 J. Minsheu Dict. Eng. & Spanish in Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. 270/2 A great Chest with drawing boxes in it.
1653 in V. Chinnery Oak Furnit. (1979) 370 Cubboard of drawing boxes.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. xiii. 491/1 Drawers, or drawing Boxes.
2. A portable box containing pencils or other materials or instruments used for drawing.
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1787 C. Dodd Curse of Sentiment I. xxiv. 116 I..perceived her sitting..at her commode table; and on it stood a small drawing-box... In her right hand she held a drawing-pencil.
1800 M. Edgeworth Mlle Panache i, in Parent's Assistant (ed. 3) IV. 146 Lady Augusta's apartment, in which her writing desk, her drawing-box, and her piano-forte stood.
1902 Programm Karls-Gymnasiums Stuttgart 1901–2 7 The drawing box or case of mathematical instruments is filled up with some pair of compasses and other instruments.
2009 @wiccle 28 May in twitter.com (accessed 20 June 2019) My 3 year old daughter decided to steal my mobile & hide it in her little pink drawing box..hours ripping the house apart for it!!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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