shoe box
noun [ C ] (also shoebox) uk/ˈʃuː ˌbɒks/ us/ˈʃuː ˌbɑːks/
鞋盒
a box in which shoes are sold
Inside her wardrobe there are 150 shoe boxes on shelves from floor to ceiling. 在她的衣柜里面，从地板到天花板的架子上放着150个鞋盒。
He categorized his notes and carefully filed them in shoe boxes. 他把笔记分类，小心翼翼地保存在鞋盒里。
狭小的房子，狭小的房间
a very small house, room, etc.
In Japan I lived in a shoe box. 在日本，我住在鞋盒一样的房子里。
The restaurant is a tiny shoebox of a place. 餐厅是一个小得像鞋盒的地方。
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- Perfectionists put photos on their shoe boxes, so they can see what is inside without opening the box.
- Then we discovered almost ten thousand dollars in cash in a shoe box in his closet.
- They installed her in a room the size of a shoe box.
- He sat disconsolately in his shoebox of an office.