box

noun

/bɒks/

/bɑːks/

Idioms

container

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[countable] (especially in compounds) a container made of wood, thick card, metal, etc. with a flat stiff base and sides and often a lid (= cover), used especially for holding solid things盒；箱；匣

in a box Everything we owned was neatly packed in cardboard boxes.我们全部的家当都整齐地装进了纸箱。
She kept all the letters in a box.她把信件都保存在一个盒子里。
inside a box Do you know what is inside the box?你知道盒子里装的是什么吗？
She opened her money box to see if she had saved enough for a tennis racket.她打开存钱罐看是否存够买网球拍的钱了。
a toolbox工具箱
a matchbox火柴盒

shape

[countable] a square or rectangle on a page or computer screen for people to put information in or containing extra or different information方框；长方格

Put a cross in the appropriate box.在适当的方格里打叉号。
(British English) to tick a box在方格里画钩
(North American English) to check a box在方格里画钩
Type your query in the search box.在搜索框中键入你要查询的内容。
There are over 300 special note boxes in the dictionary.词典里有 300 多个特别说明框。

in theatre/court

[countable] a small area in a theatre, court or sports stadium, separated off from where other people sit（剧院或体育场馆中的）包厢；（法庭中的）专席

The painting depicts two elegantly dressed women in a box at the opera.这幅油画描绘的是两个坐在歌剧院包厢里穿着优雅的女人。
The judge addressed the 12 people seated in the jury box.法官向陪审团席上的 12 名成员发表讲话。
They drank champagne as they watched the game from the executive box.他们在行政领导包厢里边喝香槟边看比赛。

shelter

[countable] a small shelter used for a particular purpose小亭；岗亭

a sentry/signal box岗亭；铁路信号所
(British English, old-fashioned) a telephone box电话亭
I called him from the phone box on the corner.我在拐角处的电话亭打电话给他。
There was a babble of languages in the commentary box when the race began.比赛一开始，解说席上就有各种语言开始评论了。

Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective

soundproof
call
phone
…

preposition

in a/the box
into a/the box

television

the box

[singular] (especially British English, old-fashioned, informal) the television电视；电视机

on the box What's on the box tonight?今晚有什么电视节目？

Topics TV, radio and newsc2

on road

[countable] (British English)

(also box junction)

a place where two roads cross or join, marked with a pattern of yellow lines to show that vehicles must not stop in that area交叉路口黄格区（车辆不得停留）

Only traffic turning right may enter the box.只允许右拐的车辆进入交叉路口黄格区。

in sport

[countable] an area on a sports field that is marked by lines and used for a particular purpose运动场上以线标出的特定区域

(British English) He was fouled in the box (= the penalty box).有人在禁区对他犯规。

for mail

[countable]

(also box number)

a number used as an address, especially one given in newspaper advertisements to which replies can be sent信箱号码（报章广告常用） see also PO box

protection

[countable] (British English) a piece of plastic that a man wears over his sex organs to protect them while he is playing a sport, especially cricket（运动员的）下体护身 compare cup (10)Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2

tree/wood

[countable, uncountable] a small evergreen tree or bush with thick dark leaves, used especially for garden hedges黄杨（常绿，尤用作花园树篱）

(also boxwood)

[uncountable] the hard wood of the box tree黄杨木

Word Originnoun senses 1 to 10 late Old English, probably from late Latin buxis, from Latin pyxis ‘boxwood box’, from Greek puxos. noun senses 11 to 12 Old English, via Latin from Greek puxos.

Idioms

a bag/box of tricks

(informal) a set of methods or equipment that somebody can use一套措施；全部法宝
- Hotel managers are using a whole new bag of tricks to attract their guests.旅馆经理们又亮出一套新的法宝来吸引顾客。

give somebody a box on the ears

(also box somebody's ears)
(old-fashioned) to hit somebody with your hand on the side of their head as a punishment打某人耳光

think out of the box

to think about something, or how to do something, in a way that is new, different or shows imagination跳出框框想问题；另辟蹊径

tick all the/somebody’s boxes

(British English, informal) to do exactly the right things to please somebody投其所好；迎合众人／某人的喜好
- This is a movie that ticks all the boxes.这是一部适合众人口味的影片。
- The house we would like to buy ticks all our boxes.我们想买的房子符合我们所有的条件。

box

verb

/bɒks/

/bɑːks/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they box	/bɒks/ /bɑːks/
he / she / it boxes	/ˈbɒksɪz/ /ˈbɑːksɪz/
past simple boxed	/bɒkst/ /bɑːkst/
past participle boxed	/bɒkst/ /bɑːkst/
-ing form boxing	/ˈbɒksɪŋ/ /ˈbɑːksɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

fight

[intransitive, transitive] box (somebody) to fight somebody in the sport of boxing（拳击运动中）击打（某人）

He boxed for Ireland in the Olympics.他在奥运会上代表爱尔兰出战拳击比赛。
The newcomer boxed the champion for the full twelve rounds.这名新手同冠军拳手的比赛打满了十二个回合。

Topics Sports: other sportsb2

put in container

[transitive] box something (up) to put something in a box把（某物）装箱（或盒、匣）

She boxed the decorations up and put them in the attic.她把装饰品装箱放在阁楼里。

Word Originnoun senses 1 to 10 late Old English, probably from late Latin buxis, from Latin pyxis ‘boxwood box’, from Greek puxos. noun senses 11 to 12 Old English, via Latin from Greek puxos.

Idioms

box clever

(British English, informal) to act in a clever way to get what you want, sometimes tricking somebody巧妙地得到想要的东西（有时蒙骗人）
- Suzie realized that she had to box clever. She had to let Adam think she trusted him.苏西意识到她必须施点手腕，让亚当以为自己信任他。

box somebody’s ears

(also give somebody a box on the ears)
(old-fashioned) to hit somebody with your hand on the side of their head as a punishment打某人耳光