1
- a paper or cardboard container, typically one in which goods are packed to be sold纸盒; 硬纸盒：
a packet of cigarettes.
一盒烟。
1.1
- the contents of such a container一纸盒东西。
1.2
- a block of data transmitted across a network数据包（通过网络传送的一批数据）。
2
- informal, chiefly Brit. a large sum of money〈非正式, 主英〉一笔巨款：
a hectic social life could cost a packet.
繁忙的社交生活可能要花一大笔钱。
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- （亦作packet boat）dated a ship travelling at regular intervals between two ports, originally for the conveyance of mail〈旧〉定期邮轮。
packeted, packeting
with obj. [often as adj. packeted] make up into or wrap up in a packet把…打包; 把…包起来：packeted pastry fruit pies.
包装好的水果馅饼。
词源
mid 16th cent.: diminutive of PACK 1， perhaps from Anglo-Norman French; compare with Anglo-Latin paccettum.