- [countable]
(especially in compounds 尤用于构成复合词 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
Extra ExamplesShe filled the box with old clothes. 她把箱子里塞满了旧衣服。 The dog sleeps in a box lined with an old blanket. 狗睡在衬有旧毛毯的箱子里。 The exhibition is free, but there is a collection box for donations. 展览会是免费的，但是有个募捐箱筹集捐款。 They were sitting around the fire on upturned boxes. 他们围着火坐在翻过来的箱子上。 This box holds ten candles and costs $21.40. 这个盒子能装十支蜡烛，价值21.40美元。 We packed all the books into boxes. 我们把所有的书放进了箱子。 a box marked ‘fragile’ 标有“易碎品”的箱子
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- rectangular
- square
- upturned
- …
- pile
- stack
- fill
- pack
- pack something in
- …
- be filled with something
- be full of something
- contain something
- …
- in a/the box
- inside a/the box
- into a/the box
- …
- the lid of a box
- in a box
- [countable] box (of something)
a box and its contents; the things a box contains 一盒，一箱（东西） a box of chocolates/cereal/tissues 一盒巧克力/麦片/纸巾 He produced a box of matches from his pocket. 他从口袋里掏出了一盒火柴。 People buy low-fat cookies and then eat the whole box. 人们买低脂饼干，然后吃掉整个盒子。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- rectangular
- square
- upturned
- …
- pile
- stack
- fill
- pack
- pack something in
- …
- be filled with something
- be full of something
- contain something
- …
- in a/the box
- inside a/the box
- into a/the box
- …
- the lid of a box
- [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 勾选方框 - (North American English)
to check a box 勾选一个方框 Type your query in the search box. 在搜索框中键入您的查询。 There are over 300 special note boxes in the dictionary. 字典里有300多个特殊的便签盒。
Extra ExamplesPut a cross in the box if you agree with the comments. 如果你同意这些评论，就在方框内打叉。 Tick the appropriate box below. 在下面相应的方框中打钩。 The basic search screen includes two text boxes for words to be searched. 基本搜索屏幕包括两个用于搜索单词的文本框。 A box pops up on the monitor providing a customer profile. 显示器上会弹出一个框，提供客户资料。 Please offer your own ideas in the comment box at the end of this blog. 请在本博客末尾的评论框中提供您自己的想法。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- appropriate
- relevant
- dialog
- …
- check
- fill in
- mark
- …
- in a/the box
- into a/the box
- tick all the boxes
- [countable]
a small area in a theatre, court or sports stadium, separated off from where other people sit （剧院中的）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. 法官对坐在陪审团席的12个人发表了讲话。 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- soundproof
- call
- phone
- …
- in a/the box
- into a/the box
- [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
- …
- in a/the box
- into a/the box
- the box[singular] (especially British English, old-fashioned, informal)
the television 电视 - [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） - [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。
- (British English)
- [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） - [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 - [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
container容器
shape形状
in theatre/court剧院；法庭
shelter遮蔽处
television电视
on road道路
in sport体育运动
for mail邮递
protection保护
tree/wood树木
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