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boxes 音标拼音: [b'ɑksəz] [b'ɑksɪz] 盒子 盒子 Box \ Box\, n.; pl. { Boxes} [ As. box a small case or vessel with a cover; akin to OHG. buhsa box, G. b[" u] chse; fr. L. buxus boxwood, anything made of boxwood. See { Pyx}, and cf. { Box} a tree, { Bushel}.] 1. A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The quantity that a box contain. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement. [ 1913 Webster] Laughed at by the pit, box, galleries, nay, stage. -- Dorset. [ 1913 Webster] The boxes and the pit are sovereign judges. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box. [ 1913 Webster] Yet since his neighbors give, the churl unlocks, Damning the poor, his tripple- bolted box. -- J. Warton. [ 1913 Webster] 5. A small country house. " A shooting box." -- Wilson. [ 1913 Webster] Tight boxes neatly sashed. -- Cowper. [ 1913 Webster] 6. A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box. [ 1913 Webster] 7. ( Mach) ( a) An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing. ( b) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump. [ 1913 Webster] 8. The driver' s seat on a carriage or coach. [ 1913 Webster] 9. A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift. " A Christmas box." -- Dickens. [ 1913 Webster] 10. ( Baseball) The square in which the pitcher stands. [ 1913 Webster] 11. ( Zool.) A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Box is much used adjectively or in composition; as box lid, box maker, box circle, etc.; also with modifying substantives; as money box, letter box, bandbox, hatbox or hat box, snuff box or snuffbox. [ 1913 Webster] { Box beam} ( Arch.), a beam made of metal plates so as to have the form of a long box. { Box car} ( Railroads), a freight car covered with a roof and inclosed on the sides to protect its contents. { Box chronometer}, a ship' s chronometer, mounted in gimbals, to preserve its proper position. { Box coat}, a thick overcoat for driving; sometimes with a heavy cape to carry off the rain. { Box coupling}, a metal collar uniting the ends of shafts or other parts in machinery. { Box crab} ( Zool.), a crab of the genus { Calappa}, which, when at rest with the legs retracted, resembles a box. { Box drain} ( Arch.), a drain constructed with upright sides, and with flat top and bottom. { Box girder} ( Arch.), a box beam. { Box groove} ( Metal Working), a closed groove between two rolls, formed by a collar on one roll fitting between collars on another. -- R. W. Raymond. { Box metal}, an alloy of copper and tin, or of zinc, lead, and antimony, for the bearings of journals, etc. { Box plait}, a plait that doubles both to the right and the left. { Box turtle} or { Box tortoise} ( Zool.), a land tortoise or turtle of the genera { Cistudo} and { Emys}; -- so named because it can withdraw entirely within its shell, which can be closed by hinged joints in the lower shell. Also, humorously, an exceedingly reticent person. -- Emerson. { In a box}, in a perplexity or an embarrassing position; in difficulty. ( Colloq.) { In the wrong box}, out of one' s place; out of one' s element; awkwardly situated. ( Colloq.) -- Ridley ( 1554) [ 1913 Webster]
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