hugbox

发音

AU

词形变化

hugboxes 复数 hugboxes hugboxed hugboxes 三单 hugboxing hugboxxed hugboxxes hugboxxing hugboxxes 三单 hugboxing 现在分词 hugboxxing 现在分词 hugboxed 过去式 hugboxed 过去分词 hugboxxed 过去式 hugboxxed 过去分词

别名

hug-box hug box

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A therapeutic device designed to apply pressure to the body of a hypersensitive person (usually someone on the autism spectrum) in order to calm them by providing grounding sensory stimulation.

    She [Temple Grandin] couldn't stand to be touched but was starved for affection and the safety of being contained. This need led to her clever device, the “hug box” which compressed her sides like the cattle chute it was modeled after.

  2. 2.

    An environment that validates or reinforces a narrow set of beliefs by relying on false positivity and excluding any form of criticism.

    俚语

    Instead, we get a bunch of hugbox panel discussions where people just reiterate the same, obvious points. Yes, rape is bad. We get it.

    "Safe spaces" can be created in private or in the context of clubs of closed, tightly knit groups, but attempting to turn an unparalleled public space into a hugbox will solve exactly nothing and create a generation of crybabies.

v.
  1. 1.

    To insert into a hugbox; to insert into an environment that validates or reinforces a narrow set of beliefs by relying on false positivity and excluding any form of criticism.

    贬义 冒犯 俚语 及物

词源

From hug + box.

来源：wiktionary