| 单词 | box fan |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbox fan a. As a modifier, with the sense ‘of the nature of or resembling a box, esp. in having a square, rectangular, or cuboid shape’, as in box bag, box fan, etc.Recorded earliest in box-trap n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > lock > lock in a case plate-lock1349 plat-lock1349 stock-lock1365 box1731 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > stove > types of stove bath-stove1591 pech1591 stewpot1688 kitchen range1733 cockle1775 copper-hole1785 Franklin stove1787 kitchen stove1795 gas stove1818 calefactor1831 thermometer-stove1838 Vesta1843 airtight1844 ship-hearth1858 base-burner1861 wood-stove1875 box1878 tortoise1884 wood-burner1901 Quebec heater1903 pot belly1920 cosy stove1926–7 oil stove1934 paraffin stove1995 a1589 L. Mascall Bk. Engines in Bk. Fishing (1590) 73 (heading) The boxe trappe. ?1609 J. Healey tr. Bp. J. Hall Discouery New World iii. v. 159 His sworde there, and his great bumme dagger here, with two boxe hilts, a man may boyle two ioynts of meate in them. 1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 326 A common Door Key of an Iron Box-lock. 1878 H. B. Stowe Poganuc People vii. 55 Carried the boxstove into the broad aisle of the meeting-house. 1902 B. Schmidt Vet. Adviser 8 Place the animal in a dry, clean, well ventilated box stall. 1951 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Mar. 64/2 Navy-blue calfskin box bag. 2010 New Yorker 20 Sept. 67/1 A top-of-the-line desktop fan sells for about eighty dollars, and a serviceable box fan can be had for less than twenty dollars. < as lemmas |
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