English Dictionary

soapbox

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈsəʊpbɒks/

名詞

直訳 比喩的用法

(literally) A crate for packing soap. / (figuratively) Any physical or media platform which gives prominence to the person on it and the views they espouse.

日本語の意味

（文字通りの意味）石鹸を梱包するための箱、または石鹸用木箱 / （比喩的な意味）自分の意見や信念を力説するための発信の場、説教台や講壇

The factory filled the empty soapbox with freshly wrapped bars every morning.

工場は毎朝、空の石鹸を詰める箱に新しく包装した石鹸を詰めた。

意味（1）

(literally) A crate for packing soap.

意味（2）

(figuratively) Any physical or media platform which gives prominence to the person on it and the views they espouse.

The madman obtained a soapbox which he stood on at the corner of Broadway and Wall street, to shout out his prophesy of the end of the world.

意味（3）

(figuratively) A talk about one's pet topic (or the topic itself), especially when only tangentially relevant to an ongoing discussion.

He's been on his soapbox all day about the new football coach.

意味（4）

A soapbox car.

soapboxes （ plural ）