cardboard
noun[U]
uk/ˈkɑːd.bɔːd/us/ˈkɑːrd.bɔːrd/B2
materiallike verythick,stiffpaper, usuallypalebrownincolour, usedespeciallyfor makingboxes:
（尤指制作盒子的）硬纸板，卡纸板a cardboardbox硬纸板盒
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- He waslivingon thestreetsfor threemonths, and hishomewas a cardboardbox.
- You can makeyourowndistortingmirrorbypastingasheetofkitchenfoilto apieceofthincardboard.
- We made thefiguresout of cardboard.
- Thechildrenwantedapieceof cardboard tocutshapesfrom.
Publishing: paper & stationery
- A3
- A5
- acid-free
- assembler
- ballpoint pen
- chalk
- fountain pen
- gift wrap
- grammage
- hanging chad
- headed notepaper
- notepad
- pulp
- quill
- quire
- qwerty
- ream
- rice paper
- slate
- watermark
cardboard
adjective
disapprovinguk/ˈkɑːd.bɔːd/us/ˈkɑːrd.bɔːrd/relatingto something, usually acharacterin afilmorplay, that does notseemto berealorinteresting:
（通常指电影或剧本中的角色）不真实的，假的，做作的I've neverenjoyedhisplays-somehowall hischaractersare cardboard.我向来不喜欢他的剧本——他笔下的人物都有些做作。
Natural and artificial
- anti-natural
- artificial
- artificiality
- artificially
- biodynamic
- God-given
- imitation
- inauthentic
- make no claim to besomethingidiom
- man-made
- mock
- rawness
- refined
- simulated
- synthetic
- synthetically
- unnaturally
- unprocessed
- untamed
- untouched