| 释义 |
Word forms: plural money boxescountable nounA money box is a small box with an opening at the top, into which a child puts coins as a way of saving money. [mainly British] money box in American Englishnoun2. chiefly Brit a small, lidded receptacle for keeping, collecting, or saving coins, usually with a slot for their insertion Word origin [1575–85 ]This word is first recorded in the period 1575–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: energy, lyric, orthodox, shelter, stripper |