| 单词 | box-iron |
| 释义 | box1 /boks/noun
ORIGIN: OE box, from L buxem, accusative of buxis from Gr pyxis a box boxˈful noun (pl boxˈfuls) As much as a box will hold boxˈiness noun boxˈy adjective
box and whisker plot see boxplot below. box beam noun A box girder boxˈ-bed noun A kind of bed formerly common in Scotland, often in a living room or kitchen, with its ends, sides and roof of wood, and sometimes capable of being closed in front by two sliding panels boxˈboard noun A sturdy cardboard used to make boxes box camera noun A simple box-shaped camera box canyon noun (N American) A narrow canyon with almost vertical sides boxˈcar noun (N American) A box-wagon boxˈ-cloth noun A heavy cloth for riding garments boxˈ-coat noun
box cutter noun (chiefly US) A short knife with a renewable, sharp blade boxˈ-day noun (obsolete) One of the Court of Session vacation days when papers ordered to be deposited in court had to be lodged boxed set or box set noun A collection of several similar items packaged as a single unit box file noun A box-shaped container with a spring clip for holding documents steady, capable of holding many or esp bulky items boxˈ-fish see coffer-fish under coffer boxˈ-frame noun A box-shaped framework of a building box girder noun A hollow, square or rectangular girder, often used in bridge construction boxˈ-haul transitive verb To veer (a square-rigged ship) hard round Boxing Day noun
boxˈ-iron noun A hollow smoothing-iron in which a heater is placed box jellyfish noun (Aust) Any of several tropical jellyfish with venomous tentacles box junction noun An area at a crossroads or other road junction, marked with yellow criss-cross lines, into which a vehicle may not move unless its exit is clear boxˈkeeper noun (obsolete) An attendant who opens the doors of boxes at theatres, etc box kite noun A kite composed of open-ended boxes boxˈ-lobby noun The lobby leading to the boxes in a theatre box number noun A number to which replies, eg to advertisements, may be sent either at a post office or a newspaper box office noun
boxˈ-office adjective boxˈ-pleat noun A type of double pleat formed by folding the cloth under in both directions boxˈ-pleated adjective boxˈplot or box and whisker plot noun A method of displaying statistical data by means of a box representing the values between the 25th and 75th percentile, divided by a horizontal line representing the median, and two terminated lines representing the maximum and minimum values respectively box profits plural noun Profits made by financial managers when buying and selling units for unit trusts boxˈroom noun A room (esp a small room without an outside window) in which boxes, etc, are stored, sometimes pressed into service as a bedroom box seat noun
box set see boxed set above. boxˈ-spanner noun A spanner consisting of a cylindrical piece of steel shaped at one or both ends into a hexagon to fit over the appropriate nut, and turned by a rod inserted through a hole at the opposite end box spring noun One of a set of spiral springs in an open box-shaped frame as part of a mattress box van noun A motor van with a box-shaped goods compartment boxˈ-wagon noun A closed railway goods-wagon boxˈwallah noun (Ind)
box the compass
in the wrong box In a false position, in a scrape the box (informal)
the whole box and dice (Aust and NZ) The whole lot think outside the box To disregard conventional thinking in order to achieve an original solution to a problem |
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