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单词 box office
释义

box office

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noun

the office of a theater, stadium, or the like, at which tickets are sold.
Theater.
  1. receipts from a play or other entertainment.
  2. entertainment popular enough to attract paying audiences and make a profit: This show will be good box office.

Origin of box office

First recorded in 1780–90

Words nearby box office

box loom, box lunch, box magazine, box nail, box number, box office, box pleat, box plot, box room, box score, box seat

Definition for box office (2 of 2)

box-office
[ boks-aw-fis, -of-is ]
/ ˈbɒksˌɔ fɪs, -ˌɒf ɪs /

adjective

of or relating to the box office or to the business and commercial aspects of the theater: a box-office window; box-office receipts; a box-office attraction.

Origin of box-office

First recorded in 1805–15; adj. use of box office
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British Dictionary definitions for box office

box office

noun

an office at a theatre, cinema, etc, where tickets are sold
the receipts from a play, film, etc
  1. the public appeal of an actor or productionthe musical was bad box office
  2. (as modifier)a box-office success
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with box office

box office

1

The office where seats for a play, concert, or other form of entertainment may be purchased, as in Tickets are available at the box office. It is so called because originally (17th century) it was the place for hiring a box, a special compartment of theater seats set aside for ladies. [Second half of 1700s]

2

The financial receipts from a performance; also, a show's relative success in attracting a paying audience. For example, You may not consider it great art, but this play is good box office. [c. 1900]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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