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单词 shoebox
释义

shoebox

noun

shoe·​box ˈshü-ˌbäks How to pronounce shoebox (audio)
variants or less commonly shoe box
1
: a box that shoes are sold in
a shoebox full of old photographs
2
: a small space and especially a small living space
The loft, almost an hour from her house by tube, is a shoebox with 18-foot ceilings, white and blue, with odds and ends of mismatched furniture … Michael Kimmelman
often used before another noun
a shoebox apartmentSince commercial real estate was cheaper, art galleries and Off Off Off Broadway theaters could spring up in shoebox storefronts. James Wolcott

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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