| 单词 | hot box |
| 释义 | > as lemmashot box hot box n. originally U.S. (a) an overheated journal or bearing, esp. on a railway vehicle; (b) colloquial a swelteringly hot room, building, or enclosed space. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > parts of axle assembly pedestal1814 box1825 hot box1848 axle-bearing1849 horn-plate1856 axle-box1871 1848 Merchants' Mag. 19 656 Such a thing as a ‘hot box’ to a car has not been known,..since the sprinkler has been in use. 1873 ‘M. Twain’ & C. D. Warner Gilded Age xlvi. 419 A hot box had to be cooled at Wilmington. 1911 H. A. Franck Four Months Afoot in Spain x. 230 The writer..dwelt in the usual hotbox that constitutes a Madrid lodging. 1971 Flying (N.Y.) Apr. 48/3 Lovely airplane but its another hotbox. 1986 Mod. Railroads May 53/1 Railroads..are coming to depend more and more on the surveillance..provided by train defect installations, commonly known as hotbox detectors. < as lemmas |
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