英和和英

語源

The rhyming slang sense alludes to pox.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈkɑːd.bɔːd bɒks/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈkɑɹd.bɔɹd bɑks/

名詞

cardboard box (plural cardboard boxes)

1. An industrially prefabricated box made from cardboard, primarily used for packaging goods or materials and often recycled.
2. A corrugated box.
3. (Cockney rhyming slang) Syphilis.
4. (slang, derogatory, uncommon) Someone who is very dull and uninteresting.

   Near-synonyms: L7, square, stiff, robot, NPC

使用する際の注意点

• Many industry specialists seek to distinguish between cardboard box and corrugated box, using the term cardboard box only to describe boxes made from cardboard. [1]

上位語

派生語

参考

• carton

参照

• cardboard box on Wikipedia.Wikipedia