letterbox

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A box into which mail is put.; A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK
  2. A box into which mail is put.; A delivery point for mail, a box, compartment or slot for this purpose. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK
    — A wad of junk mail was pushed through the letterbox in the front door and dropped onto the mat.
  3. A hidden container that holds a logbook and rubber stamp, found by following clues as a form of recreation.
  4. A rectangular hole or slot.
    — His strength was running out fast: one more good letterbox was all that he could conceive himself able to make. He made it, hacking away with slow, painful strokes, his axe-handle slippery with his sweat.
动词 v.
  1. To transfer a widescreen motion picture to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, with the placing of black bars above and below the picture area. transitive
  2. To hunt for letterboxes (containers with logbook and rubber stamp) by following clues. intransitive,transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Transferred to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, having black bars above and below the picture area. not-comparable

词形变化

letterboxes plural letter box alternative letter box alternative letterboxes present,singular,third-person letterboxing participle,present letterboxed participle,past letterboxed past letter box alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
letterbox company letterbox contact letterboxer letterbox format
相关词
full screen pan and scan pillarbox tilt and scan widescreen

词源

词源 1
From letter + box.
词源 2
From letter + box.
词源 3
From letter + box.
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