icebox
/ˈaɪsbɒks/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈaɪsbɑːks/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈīs-ˌbäks/ (ame, mw)
icebox — 名詞
- iceboxsingular
- iceboxesplural
1. a kitchen appliance that uses electricity to keep food and drinks cold so they s
冰箱
冷藏食物與飲料的電器
a kitchen appliance that uses electricity to keep food and drinks cold so they stay fresh
Grandma still calls the refrigerator the icebox, even though it is electric.
奶奶仍把電冰箱叫作 icebox，儘管它是電動的。
dated term: 'still calls X the icebox'
Théo opened the icebox and found leftover pizza from last night.
Théo 打開冰箱，找到了昨晚剩下的披薩。
Before modern kitchens had iceboxes, people stored food in cool cellars.
在現代廚房有冰櫃之前，人們把食物存放在陰涼的地窖裡。
Jiwoo checked the icebox every morning to see if the milk was still cold.
Jiwoo 每天早上檢查冰箱，看牛奶是否還冰。
Saira's great-grandmother stored vegetables in a wooden icebox with real ice.
Saira 的曾祖母把蔬菜存放在一個用真冰保冷的木製冰箱裡。
- refrigerator
the standard modern term; neutral in register
- fridge
informal equivalent of refrigerator, very common in speech
- freezer
a separate appliance or compartment kept below 0°C, not the same as an icebox/refrigerator
用法筆記
This noun is less common than refrigerator or fridge. It can sound old-fashioned or nostalgic, referring back to the wooden cabinets cooled by blocks of ice that were standard before electric refrigeration.