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单词 green box
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green boxn.

Brit. /ˌɡriːn ˈbɒks/, U.S. /ˈɡrin ˈbɑks/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: green adj., box n.2
Etymology: < green adj. + box n.2 In sense 1 originally after the colour of the baize cloth used to decorate the boxes at the Drury Lane Theatre. In sense 2 with reference to the colour of the box (compare blue box n. 2); with sense 3 compare green adj. 4.
1. An upper box at a theatre. Now historical.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > auditorium > [noun] > box or compartment
pew1558
lord's room1592
box1609
private boxa1640
side-box1676
balcony1718
lodge1730
green box1732
stage box1740
loge1768
opera box1789
dress box1795
property box1809
omnibus1840
omnibus box1842
baignoire1873
1732 Love a la Mode 34 She made her appearance in the Green Box at Drury-lane House.
1751 Guide to Stage 10 Unless they [sc. ladies] take a fancy to pass away the time en deshabille in a green-box.
1808 Earl of Carlisle Thoughts on Stage 10 [Formerly] women of the town quietly took their stations in the upper boxes, called the green boxes.
1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 249 And green boxes, now obsolete, used to be the top-most boxes in such theaters.
2. A green plastic box for the collection of recyclable items as part of a municipal recycling scheme.
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1988 Daily Herald (Chicago) 4 Sept. v. 1/3 The plastic bins, a single green box-shaped container bearing a village logo, are to be loaded with glass, cans, newspapers and plastic milk jugs.]
1990 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 24 May c1/6 Each family..will be given a green box in which they can collect recyclable materials and set them at the curb for pickup.
1998 Gloucester Citizen (Nexis) 10 Sept. 85 The idea is for householders to place recyclable materials in a green box provided by the council.
2005 C. Wright in T. Grant & G. Littlejohn Teaching Green 10/1 The blue boxes were augmented by green boxes for paper recycling.
3. A class of (primarily agricultural) subsidies permitted by the World Trade Organization and deemed to cause minimal or no distortion to trade.
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1990 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 24 Oct. In GATT jargon, such ‘green box’ measures would help farmers without stimulating greater overproduction.
1996 Farmers Weekly 22 Nov. 28/4 This support..was not linked to production and would probably be exempt from cuts, falling into the so-called ‘green box’.
2006 Third World Q. 27 568 Instead of an amendment to the Blue Box, it called for its elimination, as well as spending caps to be placed on the Green Box.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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