"sweatbox" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 高溫狹小牢房
• 悶熱的地方

Definition

汗箱可以指一個又小又熱且令人不適的房間，常用於監獄懲罰，也可泛指讓人滿身大汗的極熱場所。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Sweatbox”原本指監獄內的高溫懲罰牢房，現在也可指任何極熱的地方。這個詞不常用，多出現在歷史或戲劇語境。

Examples

The prisoners were put in the sweatbox as punishment.

囚犯們因懲罰被關進了**高溫狹小牢房**。

The little room felt like a sweatbox in the summer heat.

小房間在夏天的酷熱下像個**悶熱的地方**。

He left the gym because it was a sweatbox today.

他離開了健身房，因為今天那裡像個**悶熱的地方**。

At work, the storage closet turns into a sweatbox every afternoon.

公司裡的儲藏室每天下午都變成了個**悶熱的地方**。

Nobody wants to sit in the back of that old van—it's a total sweatbox.

沒人想坐在那輛舊麵包車的後面——根本就是個**悶熱的地方**。

After five minutes in that sweatbox, I needed a cold shower.

在那個**悶熱的地方**待了五分鐘後，我需要沖個冷水澡。