| 词组 | box |
| 释义 | box Theme: AUDIO 1. n. a phonograph player. My box is old, but still good.Yours is old! My box still has tubes! 2. n. a portable stereo radio. Where did you get that box?Does that damn box have to be so loud? Theme: DEATH 1. in. to die. I laughed so hard I thought I would box.The old man looks like he's going to box at any minute. 2. n. a coffin. I want the cheapest box they sell.Put him in a box and put the box in a hole. Then the matter is closed. Theme: MUSIC n. a piano.Man, he plays a mean box.She sure can pound the devil out of that box! Box ⇨ Box Five; Box Six; Boxnickname the UK secret intelligence services UK, 2002box 1. noun 1 the vagina; a woman UK, 1605. 2 the posterior, the buttocks. Originally black, then gay usage US, 1965. 3 a jail or prison. Usually heard as 'the box' US, 1995. 4 a secure prison cubicle for a one-to-one visit UK, 1978. 5 a cell used for solitary confinement US, 1976. 6 a safe US, 1902. 7 in a court of law, the witness box AUSTRALIA, 1973. 8 approximately 20 one-kilogram plates of pressed hashish CANADA, 2002. 9 a small amount of marijuana, approximately enough to fill a matchbox US, 1967. 10 a guitar. May also refer to a banjo US, 1911. 11 a piano US, 1908. 12 a record player UK, 1924. 13 a large, portable radio and tape player. A shortened GHETTO BOX US, 1985. 14 television. Usually after 'the' US, 1950. 15 a polygraph machine US, 1997. 16 an old and inferior car US, 1973. 17 a new car showroom US, 1989. 18 a coffin UK, 1864. 19 in bar dice games, a leather or vinyl cup used to shake dice before spilling them out US, 1976. 20 in horse racing, a combination bet that covers many different possible outcomes US, 2001. 21 in horse racing, a horse stall AUSTRALIA, 1989. 22 a pool table, especially a large one US, 1990. 23 in the sport of fencing, an electric recording apparatus UK, 1988. 24 a reinforced item of underwear designed to protect a sportsman's genitals UK, 1961. 25 a person who is profoundly out of touch with current trends. A three-dimensional SQUARE US, 1976. 26 in the Royal Air Force, an aircraft cockpit simulator UK, 1984. 27 in the Vietnam war, an aerial target zone approximately 5/8 of a mile wide by 2 miles long US, 1988. 28 a submarine's main battery UK, 1979.► in the box1. engaged in vaginal sex US, 1972.2. dealing drugs US, 1997.► off your box; out of your box1. drunk or drug-intoxicated UK, 1981.2. mentally disturbed; behaving erratically. Perhaps an allusion to the Greek myth of Pandora's box and the evils it contained UK, 2000.► out of the boxin motor racing, exactly as produced by the manufacturer, without any modifications US, 1993.► put someone in the boxto kill someone US, 2000.► take a boxto defecate IRELAND, 1995.► take someone out of the boxto kill someone US, 1995 2. verb 1 to confirm the death of a hospital patient US, 1977. 2 to die US, 1994. 3 in an illegal lottery, to bet on a group of related numbers rather than a single number US, 1974. 4 to make a mistake; to muddle things. Originally referred to mixing flocks of sheep AUSTRALIA, 1873.► box cleverto use your wits; to behave shrewdly UK, 1936.► box the foxto steal apples. Origin obscure IRELAND, 1976.► couldn't box chocolates; couldn't box kippersto be a poor quality boxer. Punning on conventional senses of 'box' UK, 1936 box in 1. box sb/sth in • box in sb/sth usually passive if you are boxed in by other cars or other people, they are so close to you that you cannot move away: When I got back to my car I found it was boxed in by a huge furniture truck.get boxed in She ran most of the way on the outside lane, because she didn't want to get boxed in by the other competitors.■ SIMILAR TO: be hemmed in2. box sb in • box in sb usually passive to prevent someone from doing what they want to do, by limiting them in some way.: Small businesses are boxed in by all sorts of silly rules and regulations. Although she'd been married for only a year, Connie already felt boxed in. box off box off sth • box sth off especially BrE to put walls around a small area in a room, in order to separate it from the rest: We're going to box off that corner and put in a shower. box up box sth up • box up sth to put things into boxes, especially in order to move or send them somewhere: In the morning it took us two hours to clean the house and box up the empty bottles.■ SIMILAR TO: parcel up BrE box1. verb To exchange punches with an opponent. I love to box and have been working on my right hook this week. 2. noun, slang A coffin. It was a bad car accident, but no one ended up in a box, thank goodness. 3. noun A very large portable radio or boom-box. It can also be called a "ghetto box." There are so many kids in the neighborhood with boxes that I can barely hear myself think! 4. noun A record player. My parents love playing their old records on the box. 5. noun An accordion. Can also be called a "squeeze box." Most polka music incorporates a box. 6. noun, rude slang The female genitals. He just seems so lecherous—I bet he's after your box. 7. noun, rude slang The male genitals, typically when covered by clothing. Yeah, I noticed his box—how could you miss it? boxedslang Dead. We did everything we could, but the patient boxed on the table during surgery. boxed (up)1. Sl. intoxicated. I am way boxed, and I feel sick. She got boxed up on gin. 2. Sl. in jail. I committed the crime, and I was boxed for a long time for it. Pat was boxed up for two days till we got bond money. boxverbSee ghetto blaster boxverbSee squeeze-box box1. n. the genitals of the male, especially as contained within a garment, such as underwear. (Usually objectionable.) God, did you see the box on him? 2. n. the genitals of a female; the vagina considered as a container for the penis. (Usually objectionable.) He wants to get in her box. 3. n. a coffin. Put him in a box and put the box in a hole. Then the matter is closed. 4. n. a phonograph player. Yours is old! My box still has tubes! 5. n. a portable stereo radio. Does that damn box have to be so loud? 6. n. a piano. She sure can pound the devil out of that box! 7. in. to die. The old man looks like he’s going to box at any minute. 8. Go to (ghetto) box. 9. Go to (squeeze-)box. boxedverbSee boxed up boxed mod. dead; died. (The box is possibly a coffin.) He’s boxed. There’s nothing that can be done.
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