pillbox
pillbox — 名詞
- pillboxsingular
- pillboxesplural
1. a small box or container designed to hold pills, often divided into sections for
藥盒；藥丸盒
裝藥丸或藥錠的小盒子
a small box or container designed to hold pills, often divided into sections for different days or times of the day to help people remember to take their medicine
Putri keeps her vitamins in a colourful pillbox on the kitchen counter.
Putri 把她的維他命放在廚房流理台上一個彩色藥盒裡。
pillbox + preposition: in a pillbox
Saira bought a weekly pillbox with seven compartments for her morning medication.
Saira 買了一個有七個隔層的每週藥盒，用來裝她早上的藥。
compound adjective: weekly pillbox
The pharmacist suggested using a pillbox to organise the daily doses more easily.
藥劑師建議使用藥盒來更有效地整理每日劑量。
Grandpa's old silver pillbox had tiny flowers engraved on its lid.
爺爺的老銀藥盒蓋子上刻著細小的小花圖案。
premodifier: silver pillbox
- plastic pillbox
- weekly pillbox
- silver pillbox
- fill a pillbox
- pill case
a less specific term for any container that holds pills
- medicine box
often larger and may hold other medical items, not just pills
用法筆記
Pillboxes are often designed with separate compartments for each day of the week to help with medication schedules.
2. a small, strongly built concrete shelter used by soldiers in combat, with narrow
碉堡；掩體
混凝土建造的小型軍事防禦工事
a small, strongly built concrete shelter used by soldiers in combat, with narrow openings in the walls designed for firing weapons from a protected position
The soldiers took cover behind an abandoned concrete pillbox near the river.
士兵們躲在河邊一座廢棄的混凝土碉堡後面。
premodifier: concrete pillbox
Nia studied photographs of Second World War pillboxes that still stand along the coastline.
Nia 研究了一些二戰時期至今仍聳立在海邊的碉堡照片。
prepositional phrase: pillboxes along the coastline
The old pillbox, built into the hillside during the war, was now covered in moss.
那座舊碉堡是在戰爭期間建在山坡上的，現在已經長滿了青苔。
Isabela saw a row of machine-gun pillboxes while hiking through the forest.
Isabela 在森林裡健行時看到了一排機槍碉堡。
compound: machine-gun pillbox
- concrete pillbox
- machine-gun pillbox
- enemy pillbox
- abandoned pillbox
- bunker
a broader term for any fortified shelter, often larger than a pillbox
- blockhouse
a small fortified building, sometimes interchangeable with pillbox in military contexts
用法筆記
Pillboxes were commonly built during the First and Second World Wars as part of defensive lines. The word describes their visual resemblance to a box of pills when seen from a distance.
常見錯誤
3. a brimless hat shaped like a shallow cup, worn by women as a fashion accessory a
小圓帽
沒有帽簷的小型圓形女帽
a brimless hat shaped like a shallow cup, worn by women as a fashion accessory and especially popular in the mid-twentieth century
Camille wore a stylish red pillbox to her cousin's spring wedding.
Camille 在表哥的春季婚禮上戴了一頂時尚的紅色小圓帽。
colour + pillbox: red pillbox
The vintage clothing store had a collection of pillbox hats from the 1960s.
那家古著店裡收藏了一批 1960 年代的無邊圓帽。
compound noun: pillbox hat
Noa found a black pillbox that matched the colour of her coat perfectly.
Noa 找到了一頂黑色小圓帽，和她外套的顏色非常搭配。
The bride's mother wore a pale blue pillbox hat with a small feather on the side.
新娘的媽媽戴了一頂淺藍色小圓帽，帽側別了一支小羽毛。
possessive: the bride's mother + pillbox hat
- pillbox hat
- wear a pillbox
- black pillbox
- vintage pillbox
- pillbox hat
the more common full name for this item of clothing
用法筆記
Often called a 'pillbox hat' to clearly distinguish it from the container and the military shelter. Made famous by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in the 1960s.
同根字
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- pillbox lid
- pillbox compartment
- pillbox hat
- pillbox design
常用片語
- fill a pillbox
- label a pillbox
- carry a pillbox
介系詞搭配
- in a pillbox
- out of a pillbox