English Dictionary

case

/keɪs/

noun

A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture. / A box, sheath, or covering generally.

In this case, the defendant was found guilty of theft.

意味（1）

A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.

意味（2）

A box, sheath, or covering generally.

a case for spectacles; the case of a watch

意味（3）

A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.

意味（4）

An enclosing frame or casing.

a door case; a window case

意味（5）

A suitcase.

意味（6）

A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.

意味（7）

The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.

意味（8）

(printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).

意味（9）

(typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.

意味（10）

(poker slang) Four of a kind.

意味（11）

(US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.

意味（12）

(mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.

意味（13）

A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.

意味（14）

A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.

a single case of Bud Light