1. коробка; ящик; сундук box honey —- секционный мед, мед в секциях box respirator —- противогаз с коробкой box barrage —- воен. огневое окаймление box magazine —- воен. коробчатый магазин a box with pills —- коробка пилюль box of matches —- коробка спичек 2. содержимое коробки, ящика, сундука и т. п. he ate a whole box of chocolates —- он съел целую коробку шоколада 3. кружка (для сбора денег) 4. театр. ложа; сидящие в ложе (особ. дамы) 5. редк. тюремная камера prisoner's box —- скамья подсудимых; скамья присяжных заседателей (в зале судебного заседания; также jury box) 6. место для дачи свидетельских показаний (в зале судебного заседания; также witness box) 7. ящик под сиденьем кучера; козлы 8. сл. гроб 9. отделенная перегородкой часть таверны, харчевни и т. п. 10. стойло 11. небольшой домик (охотничий и т. п.) 12. будка (часового, сторожа и т. п.) 13. телефонная будка 14. рождественский подарок (в коробке; обыкн. Christmas box) 15. тех. букса; втулка; вкладыш (подшипника) 16. тех. муфта 17. тех. картер; кожух 18. рудничная угольная вагонетка 19. (the box) разг. "ящик", телевизор to see smb. on the box —- увидеть кого-л. по телеку 20. ам. разг. рояль; пианино; (любой) струнный инструмент; граммофон 21. абонементный почтовый ящик 22. большой сундук,...
1. n. & v. --n. 1 a container, usu. with flat sides and of firm material such as wood or card, esp. for holding solids. 2 a the amount that will fill a box. b Brit. a gift of a kind formerly given to tradesmen etc. at Christmas. 3 a separate compartment for any of various purposes, e.g. for a small group in a theatre, for witnesses in a lawcourt, for horses in a stable or vehicle. 4 an enclosure or receptacle for a special purpose (often in comb. : money box; telephone box). 5 a facility at a newspaper office for receiving replies to an advertisement. 6 (prec. by the) colloq. television; one's television set (what's on the box?). 7 an enclosed area or space. 8 a space or area of print on a page, enclosed by a border. 9 Brit. a small country house for use when shooting, fishing, or for other sporting activity. 10 a protective casing for a piece of mechanism. 11 a light shield for protecting the genitals in sport, esp. in cricket. 12 (prec. by the) Football colloq. the penalty area. 13 Baseball the area occupied by the batter or the pitcher. 14 a coachman's seat. --v.tr. 1 put in or provide with a box. 2 (foll. by in, up) confine; restrain from movement. 3 (foll. by up) Austral. & NZ mix up (different flocks of sheep). Phrases and idioms box camera a simple box-shaped hand camera. box the compass Naut. recite the points of the compass in the correct order. box girder a hollow girder square in cross-section. box junction Brit. a road area at a junction marked with a yellow grid, which a vehicle should enter only if its exit from it is clear. box kite a kite in the form of a long box open at each end. box number a number by which replies are made to a private advertisement in a newspaper. box office 1 an office for booking seats and buying tickets at a theatre, cinema, etc. 2 the commercial aspect of the arts and entertainment (often attrib. : a box-office failure). box pleat a pleat consisting of two parallel creases forming a raised band. box spanner a spanner with a box-shaped end fitting over the head of a nut. box spring each...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
I. noun (plural ~ or ~es) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Latin buxus, from Greek pyxos Date: before 12th century an evergreen shrub or small tree (genus Buxus of the family Buxaceae, the ~ family) with opposite entire leaves and capsular fruits; especially a widely cultivated shrub (B. sempervirens) used for hedges, borders, and topiary figures II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin buxis, from Greek pyxis, from pyxos ~ tree Date: before 12th century 1. a rigid typically rectangular container with or without a cover a cigar ~: as a. an open cargo container of a vehicle b. coffin 2. the contents of a ~ especially as a measure of quantity 3. a ~ or ~like container and its contents: as a. British a gift in a ~ b. an automobile transmission c. television d. a signaling apparatus alarm ~ e. a usually self-contained piece of electronic equipment f. boom ~ 4. an often small space, compartment, or enclosure: as a. an enclosed group of seats for spectators (as in a theater or stadium) b. a driver's seat on a carriage or coach c. a cell for holding mail d. British ~ stall e. penalty ~ 5. a usually rectangular space that is frequently outlined or demarcated on a surface: as a. any of six spaces on a baseball diamond where the batter, coaches, pitcher, and catcher stand b. a space on a page for printed matter or in which to make a mark 6. predicament, fix 7. a cubical building 8. the limitations of conventionality trying to think outside the ~ • ~ful noun • ~like adjective III. transitive verb Date: 15th century 1. to enclose in or as if in a ~ 2. to hem in (as an opponent) — usually used with in, out, or up ~ed out the tackle IV. noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century a punch or slap especially on the ear V. verb Date: 1519 transitive verb 1. to hit (as the ears) with the hand 2. to engage in ~ing with intransitive verb to fight with the fists ; engage in ~ing VI....
(boxes, boxing, boxed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A box is a square or rectangular container with hard or stiff sides. Boxes often have lids. He reached into the cardboard box beside him... They sat on wooden boxes. ...the box of tissues on her desk. N-COUNT • A box of something is an amount of it contained in a box. She ate two boxes of liqueurs. N-COUNT: usu N of n 2. A box is a square or rectangle that is printed or drawn on a piece of paper, a road, or on some other surface. N-COUNT: usu with supp 3. In football, the box is the penalty area of the field. He scored from the penalty spot after being brought down in the box. N-SING: the N 4. A box is a small separate area in a theatre or at a sports ground or stadium, where a small number of people can sit to watch the performance or game. N-COUNT 5. Television is sometimes referred to as the box. (BRIT INFORMAL) Do you watch it live at all or do you watch it on the box? = telly N-SING: the N 6. Box is used before a number as a postal address by organizations that receive a lot of mail. ...Country Crafts, Box 111, Landisville. N-COUNT: with supp, usu N num 7. Box is a small evergreen tree with dark leaves which is often used to form hedges. ...box hedges. N-UNCOUNT: oft N n 8. To box means to fight someone according to the rules of boxing. At school I boxed and played rugby... The two fighters had previously boxed a 12-round match. VERB: V, V n, also V as n 9. see also boxed, boxing, black box, chocolate-box, lunch box, phone box, post office box, postbox, sentry box, signal box, telephone box ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
~1 n 1 »CONTAINER« a container for putting things in, especially one with four stiff straight sides + of (a box of tissues | a matchbox) cardboard/wooden box (You need a filing cabinet, not all these cardboard boxes. | toolbox/shoebox etc (=used for keeping tools etc in)) 2 »AMOUNT IN A BOX« also boxful the amount that a box can hold + of (a box of chocolates) 3 »SQUARE SHAPE« a small square on a page for people to write information in (Put an `X' in the box if you would like to join our mailing list.) 4 »IN A THEATRE/COURT« a small area of a theatre or court that is separate from where other people are sitting (the jury box) 5 box 25/450 etc an address at a post office that people can use instead of their own address; po box 6 »SPORTS FIELD« a special area of a sports field that is marked by lines and used for a particular purpose (a penalty box) 7 »WORN DURING SPORTS« BrE a piece of plastic that a man wears over his sex organs to protect them when he is playing a sport, especially cricket (2) 8 informal a coffin 9 »TREE« a small tree that keeps its leaves in winter and is often planted around the edge of a garden or field, or the wood from this tree (a box hedge) 10 give sb a box on the ears old-fashioned to hit someone on the side of their head 11 the box informal the television (What's on the box tonight?) 12 be out of your box BrE slang to be very drunk (- see also black box) ~2 v 1 to fight someone as a sport by hitting them with your closed hands inside big leather gloves (glove (2)) 2 also box up to put things in boxes (- see also boxed) 3 to draw a box around something on a page 4 box sb's ears old-fashioned to hit someone on the side of their head box sb/sth in ~ phr v 1 to park so near to another car that it cannot move 2 to surround someone so that they are unable to move freely (Steve Cram got boxed in on the final curve.) 3 feel boxed in a) to feel that you cannot do what you want to do because a person or situation is limiting you (Married for only a year, Connie already...