pillbox的词源

英文词源

pillbox (n.)

also pill-box, "box for holding pills," 1730, from pill (n.) + box (n.). As a small round concrete machine gun nest, it came into use in World War I. As a type of hat, attested from 1958.

中文词源

pillbox：掩体，碉堡

pill,药丸，box,盒子。比喻用法。

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