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。
药丸盒
pillboxes — plural of pillbox
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药丸盒
a small case for holding pills
He bought a pillbox for his daily medicine.
他买了一个装每日药品的药丸盒。
药丸盒;药片盒
A small box in which pills are kept.
平顶混凝土碉堡
A flat, concrete gun emplacement.
She kept her pills in a blue pillbox.
她把药丸放在一个蓝色药丸盒里。
The nurse handed me a pillbox and a glass of water.
护士递给我一个药丸盒和一杯水。
These pillboxes are made of sturdy plastic.
这些药丸盒由坚固的塑料制成。
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。
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。
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.
山坡上的那座碉堡建于1943年。
Not this
She keeps her vitamins in two pillboxs.
Use this
She keeps her vitamins in two pillboxes.
以 x 结尾的名词变复数时加 -es,pillbox 的复数是 pillboxes,不是 pillboxs。
Not this
She wore pillbox to the wedding.
Use this
She wore a pillbox to the wedding.
pillbox 指‘筒形女帽’时是可数名词,单数可数名词前需要加冠词 a;中文没有冠词,容易漏掉。
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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。
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。
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。
混凝土碉堡
The soldiers took cover in a concrete pillbox.
士兵们躲在混凝土碉堡里。
机枪掩体
The beach was guarded by a machine-gun pillbox.
海滩由一个机枪掩体防守。
出自鲍勃·迪伦1966年歌曲《Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat》的歌词:我看到你戴上了崭新的豹纹筒形女帽。(pillbox hat 指20世纪60年代流行的平顶圆筒形女帽)
She kept her daily vitamins in a small silver pillbox.
她把自己每天要吃的维生素放在一个小银药丸盒里。
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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。
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。
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。
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