squeeze box

短语

(六角)手风琴

发音

UK /ˈskwiːzbɒks/
AU
US /ˈskwizbɑks/

词形变化

squeeze boxes 复数

别名

squeezebox

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A container that fits tightly around an animal to immobilize it for medical treatment, transportation, etc.

    生物 医学 动物学
  2. 2.

    Synonym of hugbox (“a therapeutic device”).

  3. 3.

    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.

  4. 4.

    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.

词汇关系

词源

From squeeze + box.

来源:wiktionary