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carton

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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car·ton /ˈkɑːtn $ ˈkɑːrtn/ ●○○ noun [countable]  1 carton.jpg Da small box made of cardboard or plastic that contains food or a drink 硬纸盒;塑料盒carton of a carton of fruit juice 一盒果汁 a milk carton 牛奶盒4  See picture of 见图 CONTAINER5 see picture at 见图 box, container2 especially American EnglishD a large container with smaller containers of goods inside it 〔可内置小盒的〕包装箱carton of a carton of cigarettes 一条香烟
Examples from the Corpus
cartonCould you pick up a carton of Trues?Amid all the dust and the commerce we come upon a guy stationed at a cardboard carton desk.Seen the Camel ad witha guy racing to his shelter as a meteorite approaches, grasping nothing but his cigarette carton?As he straightened up he seemed to have left his heart on the floor with the empty ice-cream carton.I get the milk carton from the window and pour it over my cornflakes.There's a lump of ice floating in the carton.The petrol stove was roaring under a steaming kettle, sheltered by three sides of an unfolded carton.He feels sadness in objects, in warehouse cartons and blood-soaked clothes.carton ofHow many packs come in a carton of cigarettes?a carton of eggs
From Longman Business Dictionarycartoncar‧ton /ˈkɑːtnˈkɑːrtn/ noun [countable]TRANSPORT a light strong container made of CARDBOARD or plastic, usually in the form of a boxOrigin carton (1800-1900) French Italian cartone; → CARTOON
car·ton nounChineseSyllable
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Carton
Carton, Sydney
an important character in the book A Tale of Two Cities (1859) by Charles Dickens. Carton is a London lawyer who falls in love with Lucie Manette. But Lucie marries Charles Darnay. Darnay is arrested and sentenced to death, but Carton dies by taking Darnay's place.


carton
carton /ˈkɑːtn $ ˈkɑːrtn/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: French
 Origin: Italian cartone; cartoon

1. a small box made of cardboard or plastic that contains food or a drink
    carton of
    a carton of fruit juice
    a milk carton
2. especially American English a large container with smaller containers of goods inside it
    carton of
    a carton of cigarettes


car·tonBrE /ˈkɑːtn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɑːrtn/ 🔊 noun
a light cardboard or plastic box or pot for holding goods, especially food or liquid; the contents of a carton (尤指装食品或液体的)硬纸盒,塑料盒,塑料罐;硬纸盒(或塑料盒)所装物品a milk carton/a carton of milk牛奶盒;一盒牛奶
(NAmE) a large container in which goods are packed in smaller containers (内装小盒的)大包装盒a carton of cigarettes一条香烟