- 把…围在中间予以箝制,把…围住,把…困住,把…困(或关)在狭小地方,使关(或围、局限)在狭小空间里,使挤在一起;禁闭,闭锁:
Living in that small flat,she feels boxed in.
她身居斗室,感到很闷气。
She feels boxed in at the fatiguing work and wishes greater freedom to develop her ideas.
她在令人疲劳的工作中感到憋气,希望能有更大的自由去实现她的理想。
- 封堵或阻拦(另一赛跑者、骑师或驾车者等)使其不能领先[常用于被动语态]:
His car was boxed in by two other cars on the final lap.
他的汽车在最后一圈遭到了其他两辆汽车的封堵。
- 把…装入箱(或盒、匣)内:
The tea ought to be boxed in.
茶叶应装入盒中。
- 把…围成箱子似的;把…包围住:
We boxed the house and garden in with fences.
我们用栅栏把房子和花园围了起来。
- 【印刷】加花边于,加框于:
The title of the news was boxed in.
那条新闻的标题被加上了花边。
- 用护罩(或护箱等)把…包起来:
to box in a TV set
用护罩把电视机包起来
The motor is boxed in.
发动机是包装在里面的。
- 给…搭板使改观:
to box in the room
把房间用木板围起来
- 使(帆船)顺风转向