hot box
名词
定义 hot box 名词
- Countable
A small enclosed space that can be heated to a very high temperature.
They locked the prisoner in a hot box that was baking in the sun.
The hot box was designed to simulate extreme high-temperature environments.
This hot box is used to test the tolerance of materials at extremely high temperatures.
- Countable
A difficult situation with a lot of pressure and from which it is hard to escape.
She found herself in a hot box with the project deadline looming.
They found themselves in a financial hot box amid market volatility.
After years of disputes, the couple is now in a legal hot box.
- Countable
A container designed to keep food warm.
We used a hot box to bring the food to the picnic site.
He brought a hot box containing freshly baked pizza.
The restaurant uses a hot box to ensure the temperature of delivered food.
动词
定义 hot box 动词
- TransitiveIntransitive
To fill a small, enclosed area with smoke, usually from an illegal substance, to inhale it.
They were hotboxing the car by burning marijuana inside, filling the vehicle with smoke.
Smoking in the small, confined room hotboxed the place.
Young people sometimes hotbox in a friend's car.