soapbox

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A crate for packing soap. literally
  2. A small platform, being or resembling a literal soapbox, on which a person stands in order to give an impromptu speech or espouse their views.
    — The madman obtained a soapbox which he stood on at the corner of Broadway and Wall street, to shout out his prophecy of the end of the world.
  3. A platform or outlet, such as a media platform, that a person uses to express their opinions. figuratively,often,pejorative
    — The politician used Twitter as his soapbox.
  4. A figurative means of talking repeatedly or at length about one's opinions on one's pet topic. derogatory,especially
    — He's been on his soapbox all day about the new football coach.
  5. A figurative means of talking repeatedly or at length about one's opinions on one's pet topic.; The topic itself. broadly,derogatory,especially
    — His soapbox is the lack of public toilets in the city.
  6. A soapbox car.
动词 v.
  1. To give a speech from (or as if from) a soapbox.
    — He soapboxed for whales and pressed us to write petitions and demonstrate with him—he as the leader, we as followers.

词形变化

soapboxes plural soap box alternative soap-box alternative soapboxes present,singular,third-person soapboxing participle,present soapboxed participle,past soapboxed past soap box alternative soap-box alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
soapboxer soapboxy

词源

词源 1
From soap + box. The figurative use of the word derives from the fact that soap products in the US used to be commonly transported to stores in large wooden boxes. It used to be common for individuals to give impromptu rally speeches to their neighbors by finding something to stand on like a soapbox.
词源 2
From soap + box. The figurative use of the word derives from the fact that soap products in the US used to be commonly transported to stores in large wooden boxes. It used to be common for individuals to give impromptu rally speeches to their neighbors by finding something to stand on like a soapbox.
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