squeeze box
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A container that fits tightly around an animal to immobilize it for medical treatment, transportation, etc.
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Synonym of hugbox (“a therapeutic device”).
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An accordion or concertina.
非正式 音乐Intoxicating, the cheap Moroccan wallets, squashed and flattened in their elasticated dozens, which he eased apart like squeeze-boxes, releasing their scent of oxhide, of urine, of all the dyes and spices of the kasbah.
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A box with an adjustable opening used by cavers to practise crawling through tight spaces.
At caving conventions aboveground, cavers often squirrel themselves through adjustable wooden "squeeze boxes" in good-natured competitions. In the safety of this controlled setting, cavers may push their capacities far beyond what they might hazard underground; […] A very slender woman's tightest squeeze may be defined by the width of her skull turned sideways. Some women thus emerge from squeeze boxes, triumphant, with mirrored abrasions over their cheekbones.
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From squeeze + box.
来源:wiktionary