sweatbox

既定 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

名詞

アメリカ英語 俗語 イギリス英語

Any box or boxlike structure used to induce sweating, such as of hides or tobacco / (US, slang) A jail cell. / (UK, slang) A compartment in a police van to hold a prisoner being transported.

日本語の意味

汗をかかせるための箱状の構造物（例：皮革やタバコの処理に用いられることがある） / （米国スラング）刑務所の独房 / （英国スラング）警察車両内の囚人収容室

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The tanners stacked the hides inside the sweatbox to hasten the curing process.

なめし職人たちは、なめし工程を早めるために皮を発汗箱の中に積み重ねた。

詳細

意味（1）

Any box or boxlike structure used to induce sweating, such as of hides or tobacco

Australia Post has been accused of endangering staff with sweatbox uniforms and restricting earlier starts to save money.

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意味（2）

(US, slang) A jail cell.

意味（3）

(UK, slang) A compartment in a police van to hold a prisoner being transported.

They shoved me in the back of a police van and started driving to the cop shop. I was sitting in the sweatbox, wondering how the Dibble had got onto me so quickly, when I heard a voice from another section of the van say, 'Are you P from Macclesfield?'

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意味（4）

A small overheated cell or room used for solitary confinement or torture.

In the summer of 1945, one young boy died of heart failure while locked in a sweatbox, a popular corrective at that time.

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意味（5）

(slang) A small nightclub packed to capacity where people get hot and sweaty.

意味（6）

(animation) The room where a scene is reviewed.

意味（7）

(animation) The review process that takes place in a sweat box.

sweatboxes （ plural ）