| [/bɔks; bɑks/] n 用法:
1 [C] (a) (esp in compounds 尤用以构成复合词) container made of wood, cardboard, metal, etc with a flat base and usu a lid, for holding solids 盒; 匣; 箱:
a tool-box *
a money-box *
a shoe box *
a cigar box *
She packed her books in cardboard boxes. 她把书装进纸箱里.
(b) box with its contents 盒或箱及其盛物:
a box of chocolates, matches, cigars 一盒巧克力、火柴、雪茄烟. 用法:
2 [C] (a) separate compartment or enclosed area, eg for a group of people in a theatre, stadium, etc, for witnesses in a lawcourt, or for a horse in a stable 分离的隔间或围著的区域（如戏院的包厢、运动场的分区看台、法庭的证人席、马厩中的隔栏）:
reserve a box at the theatre 预订戏院的一个包厢 *
the witness box 证人席 *
a horse-box 马栏. =>illus at App 1 见附录1之插图, page ix.
(b) small hut or shelter for a specific purpose （为某目的而设的）小亭, 岗亭:
a sentry-box 哨亭 *
a signal-box 信号所 *
a telephone-box 电话间. 用法:
3 [C] (in cricket) rounded plastic shield worn by batsmen and wicket-keepers to protect the genitals （板球）护身（击球员和守门员为防止生殖器受伤而戴的圆形塑料护罩）. 用法:
4 the box [sing] (Brit infml) television 电视:
What's on the box tonight? 今晚电视上有什麽节目? 用法:
5 [C] = box number. box 2
v 用法:
1 [Tn] put (sth) into a box 将（某物）装入盒或箱中:
a boxed set of records 盒装的一套唱片. 用法:
2 (phr v) box sb/sth in prevent (a runner, horse, car, etc) from moving freely (esp in a race) 妨碍（赛跑者、马、汽车等）自由行动（尤於比赛中）:
One of the runners got boxed in on the final bend. 一个赛跑者在转最後一弯时被人挡住了. box sb/sth in/up shut sb/sth in a small space 将某人[某物]禁锢在狭小的空间里:
He feels boxed in, living in that tiny flat. 他身居斗室, 感到很不自在. *
She hates being boxed up in an office all day. 她讨厌整天关在办公室里. box 3
[/bɔks; bɑks/] v 用法:
1 [I, Ipr, Tn] ~ (with/against sb) fight (sb) with the fists, esp wearing padded gloves, as a sport 拳击（某人）（尤指戴拳击手套的运动）:
Did you box at school? 你在学校时练过拳击吗? 用法:
2 (idm 习语) box sb's ears hit sb on the ear with the open hand or fist （以掌或拳）打某人耳光:
He boxed the boy's ears for being cheeky. 他打了这男孩儿耳光以教训其不懂羞耻. box 4
n (usu sing 通常作单数) blow (usu on sb's ear) with the open hand or fist 掌击或拳击（通常指打耳光）. box 5
[/bɔks; bɑks/] n 用法:
1 [C, U] small evergreen shrub with thick dark leaves, used esp for garden hedges 黄杨. 用法:
2 (also `boxwood) [U] hard wood of this shrub 黄杨木. |