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单词 key box
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key box
key box n. (a) Music a box-like compartment on various musical instruments in which the keys are housed; (b) a box, cabinet, or case in which keys are kept.
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1786 Morning Herald 29 Dec. 1/2 Guitars..divested of that awkward appearance which the temporary key box forms on the belly of the instrument.
1838 Age 29 July 233/3 (advt.) Key boxes, in morocco, lined with velvet and wadded, 12s. 6d.
1888 Musical World 27 Oct. 832/1 The keybox [of an organ], which is a marvel of compactness, will extend downward to the basement floor beneath.
1904 F. Lynde Grafters xx. 264 Kent found a note in his key-box at the Clarendon.
1995 R. A. Green Hurdy-gurdy in 18th-cent. France iii. 56 The vielle has six strings. Two are melody strings which run through the key box on top of the instrument.
2000 L. Ruby Soon be Free (2002) xxiii. 107 The key box opened with such force that keys flew off their hooks and clattered against the wall.
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