English Dictionary

dropbox

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdɹɑp.bɑks/

名詞

A box wherein objects can be deposited by one person for later collection by another.

日本語の意味

一方の人物が物品を預け、後に別の人物が回収するための箱。例えば、書類や荷物、返却が必要な物品などを一時保管する用途の箱。

Please leave the package in the dropbox by the front entrance, and we'll pick it up tomorrow.

荷物は正面入口の投函箱に入れておいてください。明日回収します。

意味（1）

A box wherein objects can be deposited by one person for later collection by another.

The two smaller slots are for the dropping of cash or markers into the dropbox when players cash these for casino chips.

意味（2）

(computing) A computer folder to which files may be dragged and dropped and from which users of other computers on the network can access those files.

A desktop computer leaves changes in a dropbox on the network.

意味（3）

(sewing) An enhancement to a loom that allows patterns of multiple colors to be woven from the same loom.

In 1738, John Kay, a native of Bury (though at the time residing in Colchester) invented the fly-shuttle, and in 1760 his son Robert invented the dropbox, by which patterns of various colours are woven nearly with the same facility as plain calico.

dropboxes （ plural ）