| 单词 | hatbox | 
| 释义 | hatboxn.  A container used to store or transport a hat or hats, now usually a cylindrical box of stiff card with a flat lid, formerly a (sometimes hat-shaped) case typically of wood or leather. Cf. hat-case n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > 			[noun]		 > luggage > hat-box bonnet1565 hat-case1598 hatbox1689 cap-box1794 1689    R. Hooke Diary 18 Dec. in  R. T. Gunther Early Sci. Oxf. 		(1935)	 X. 172  				From Waring a hat box...I paid Waring 22sh in full for beveret and lining. 1729    Case between Proprietors of News-papers 6  				Every old Trunk and Hat-Box can furnish you with Speculations of this Kind. 1794    W. Felton Treat. Carriages I. 228  				A hat-box is a convenience for carrying hats, made of stout leather, in the exact form of a hat. 1825    Law Chron. 10 Nov. 359/1  				Wood Francis.., hatter.., hat tip and hat box maker. 1836    C. Dickens Pickwick Papers 		(1837)	 xxii. 228  				The two bags, the leather hat-box, and the brown paper parcel. 1891    M. Oliphant Mem. L. Oliphant II. xi. 152  				Standing before a table on which his hat-box answered the purpose of a desk. 1927    Official Gaz. 		(U.S. Patent Office)	 22 Feb. 719/1  				Pullman... Trunks, Hand Bags, Traveling Bags, Suit Cases, Grips, Satchels, and Hatboxes. 1946    Cosmopolitan Oct. 194/3  				He had seen the shiny hatbox—insignia of the model—on the hall chest. 2014    J. Ellison Small Indiscretion xxxi. 215  				The hatbox came into my possession when I purchased an off-white silk pillbox hat with a little veil. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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