单词	box
释义	noun | verb boxbox1 /bɑks/ ●●● S1 W1 noun Etymology ETYMOLOGYbox1 Origin: 900-1000 Latin buxus, from Greek pyxis, from pyxos type of tree, whose wood was used for making boxes Collocations COLLOCATIONS► toolbox/shoebox/lunchbox etc. (=a box used for keeping tools, shoes, etc. in) ► Check ... box  Check this box (=put a check mark in the box) if you would like more information. 1CONTAINER [countable] a container for putting things in, especially one with four stiff straight sides:  a cardboard box a cereal box five wooden boxestoolbox/shoebox/lunchbox etc. (=a box used for keeping tools, shoes, etc. in)2AMOUNT (also boxful) [countable] the amount that a box can hold: box of a box of chocolates3SHAPE [countable] a)a square on a page or website that people can write information in:  Write the total in the box below. Check this box (=put a check mark in the box) if you would like more information. b)a square or rectangle on a page where information is given:  The box on the left gives a short history of the Alamo.4IN A THEATER ETC. [countable] a small area of seats in a theater, sports stadium, etc. that is separate from where other people are sitting → see also sentry box5AT A POST OFFICE [countable usually singular] a box with a number in a post office, where you can have mail sent to instead of your own address: P.O. Box6SMALL BUILDING [countable] a small building or structure used for a particular purpose SYN booth:  a sentry box (=a small structure where a guard stands)7AREA OF A SPORTS FIELD [countable] a special area of a sports field that is marked by lines and used for a particular purpose:  the penalty box the batter’s box8the (idiot) box informal the television:  What’s on the box tonight?9in a box informal dead and in a coffin:  Too many soldiers were coming home in boxes.[Origin: 900–1000 Latin buxus, from Greek pyxis, from pyxos type of tree, whose wood was used for making boxes] → see also black box, think outside the box at think (21) noun | verb boxbox2 ●●○ verb Etymology ETYMOLOGYbox2 Origin: (1,4) 1300-1400 Origin unknown. (2-3) 1400-1500 ➔ BOX1 Verb Table VERB TABLE box Simple Form Present I, you, we, they box he, she, it boxes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they boxed Present perfect I, you, we, they have boxed he, she, it has boxed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had boxed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will box Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have boxed Continuous Form Present I am boxing he, she, it is boxing you, we, they are boxing Past I, he, she, it was boxing you, we, they were boxing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been boxing he, she, it has been boxing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been boxing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be boxing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been boxing Thesaurus THESAURUShit people► fight to use physical force, for example hitting or kicking, or weapons to try to hurt someone:  The children fought and pushed in line. She and her brother used to fight like cats and dogs (=fight violently). ► struggle to fight someone who is holding you, in order to get away:  “Let me go!” I shouted and began to struggle. ► battle to keep fighting hard until one person or group wins. Used especially in writing:  Protesters battled police through the night. ► clash if groups of people clash, they have a short fight. Used especially in news reports:  Demonstrators in the financial district have clashed with police. ► scuffle to fight with another person for a short time:  The two men scuffled outside the bar. ► brawl if a group of people brawl, they fight noisily and violently:  The two teams brawled on the field after the game. ► tussle to fight in a way that is not very violent, especially as a way of playing with someone:  The boy tussled with his uncle on the living room floor. ► wrestle to fight by holding someone and trying to push him or her to the ground:  A security guard managed to wrestle the thief to the ground. ► box to fight someone while wearing big leather gloves, as a sport:  He began to box as a boy and later competed in the Olympics. 1[intransitive, transitive] to fight someone as a sport by hitting him or her with your closed hands inside big leather gloves ► see thesaurus at fight12 (also box up) [transitive] to put things in boxes → see also boxed3[transitive] to draw a box around something on a page4box somebody’s ears old-fashioned to hit someone on the side of his or her headbox somebody/something in phrasal verb1to surround someone or something so that he or she is unable to move freely:  My car was completely boxed in by two big trucks.2box yourself in to say or do something now that limits the way you can behave later:  He’s boxing himself in by refusing to consult with his colleagues.3feel boxed in a)to feel that you are limited in what you can do because of a particular situation or what someone else wants:  Married for only six months, Dawn already felt boxed in. b)to feel that you cannot move freely, because you are in a small spacebox something off phrasal verb to separate a particular area from a larger one by putting walls around it:  We’re going to box off that corner and make it a separate office.
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