hot box
noun [ C ] (also hotbox, hot-box) uk/ˈhɒt ˌbɒks/ us/ˈhɑːt ˌbɑːks/
隔热箱|燃烧室
a small room that can be made very hot
He claimed he had been detained in a hot box placed outside under a boiling sun. 他声称他被关在外面烈日下的一个隔热箱里。
You could try sweating off the pounds in a hot-box. 在燃烧室里，你可以体验一下汗流浃背的感觉。
困境
a difficult situation which you cannot easily escape, where there is a lot of pressure
The company has been forced into a financial hot box. 公司被逼入财政困境之中。
保温箱
a container for keeping food hot
There is room for a fridge or hot box in the middle of the car's front seat. 车前排座位中间有空间放下一个冰箱或保湿箱。
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- In the jockeys' room is a large, glass-windowed sauna, known as the hot box or sweat box.
- They created a hotbox designed to help athletes prepare for the stifling heat expected when they compete at the Olympic Games next year.
- We bumped across the savannah in a Land Rover that was like a hot-box.
- A situation like this puts the attorney in a hotbox of decisions where there is no clear path.
- He was trapped in a hot box of his own making.
- The school invested in hot boxes to transport the food from the kitchens.
hot box
verb [ I or T ] informal (also hotbox, hot-box) uk/ˈhɒt ˌbɒks/ us/ˈhɑːt ˌbɑːks/
（烟雾）缭绕|（烟）充满
to fill a small room or space with smoke from something, especially an illegal drug, in order to be able to breathe it in
He said that many teens were familiar with "hot boxing" in a vehicle to inhale marijuana. 他说过很多青少年对于在车里烧大麻让烟雾充满车厢来吸毒驾轻就熟。
Are you aware of the dangers of hotboxing a car? 你有没有意识到车里充满（毒品的）烟雾有多危险？
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- The study showed that hotboxing a room with weed did intoxicate non-smokers in the room.