| 单词 | cake box |
| 释义 | > as lemmascake box cake box n. (a) a box for storing or carrying a cake or cakes; (b) a cylindrical storage container for blank, recordable compact discs, having a central spindle on which the discs are stacked.In modern use, sense (a) usually refers to a disposable cardboard carton, typically one with a cuboid shape. In earlier use, a cake box was a durable item that often had a cylindrical form (cf. cake tin n.). It is the latter which a cake box in sense (b) resembles. ΚΠ 1840 Times 24 Sept. 5/4 As I brought a cake-box, I soon had a very attached friend, who talked big for me, and in private bullied and ate my lollypops. 1903 F. A. Evans Jewel Story Bk. 72 He carried with him a large tin cake box containing a fine plum cake. 1998 TDK Media? in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom 28 June (Usenet newsgroup, accessed 21 Oct. 2019) CD-R74 Blank shiny silver—50 pk cakebox. 2012 D. Morgan Disappearing Home viii. 62 Mrs Naylor comes out of the shop carrying a pile of white cake boxes stacked on top of one another, tied together with red ribbon. < as lemmas |
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