Word · Frequency #29114
pillbox
药丸盒
a small case for holding pills
- 1.
A small box in which pills are kept.
药丸盒；药片盒
- 2.
A flat, concrete gun emplacement.
平顶混凝土碉堡
筒形女帽；药盒帽；碉堡；掩体；药丸盒；药片盒；平顶混凝土碉堡；碉堡
In use
She kept her pills in a blue pillbox.
The nurse handed me a pillbox and a glass of water.
These pillboxes are made of sturdy plastic.
a pillbox for [something]
pillbox 作“药丸盒”时，可用 for 说明所装的物品。
He bought a pillbox for his daily medicine.
他买了一个装每日药品的药丸盒。
a pillbox made of [material]
作“筒形女帽”讲时，made of 用来描述制作材料；也可直接说 pillbox hat。
She wore a pillbox made of black velvet.
她戴着一顶黑色天鹅绒做的筒形女帽。
a pillbox in [place]
作“碉堡”讲时，常与 concrete 连用，后接 in 指明位置。
The pillbox in the hillside was built in 1943.
Connections
Collocations
- pillbox hat
- 药盒帽
- She wore a bright red pillbox hat to the ceremony.她戴着一顶鲜红色的药盒帽参加典礼。
- plastic pillbox
- 塑料药丸盒
- She keeps her vitamins in a plastic pillbox.她把维生素放在一个塑料药丸盒里。
- weekly pillbox
- 一周药丸盒
- My grandmother fills her weekly pillbox every Sunday.我祖母每个星期天都会把一周的药丸盒装好。
- concrete pillbox
- 混凝土碉堡
- The soldiers took cover in a concrete pillbox.士兵们躲在混凝土碉堡里。
- machine-gun pillbox
- 机枪掩体
- The beach was guarded by a machine-gun pillbox.海滩由一个机枪掩体防守。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拆成 pill（药丸）+ box（盒子）：装药丸的小盒；它又小又圆，可联想成筒形小帽，也可比作混凝土小碉堡。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：medicine、pharmacy pillbox 指‘药丸盒’时通常用于日常医药场景，比较常见于药品包装、医院或家庭用药话题，属于中性表达。
Pronunciation & Spelling
box、mailbox、toolbox、strongbox 都以 -box 结尾，读作 /bɒks/；fox、ox 以 -ox 结尾，读作 /ɒks/。注意：pillbox 的重音在第一个音节，所以这些词只能和末尾部分对音，不是整词押韵；ox 没有开头的 /b/，拼写和读音都不能省略。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.