safe-deposit
safe-deposit — 形容詞
1. describes a lockable box, cabinet, or room — especially in a bank — that is buil
安全保管的
用於安全存放貴重物品的
describes a lockable box, cabinet, or room — especially in a bank — that is built or designed to protect valuable items such as documents, jewellery, or cash from theft, fire, or damage.
Pim rented a safe-deposit box at the bank to store his grandmother's gold ring.
Pim 在銀行租了一個安全保管箱來存放祖母的金戒指。
attributive: safe-deposit + box
The bank's safe-deposit vault is kept behind a steel door that is two metres thick.
這家銀行的安全保管庫房設在兩公尺厚的鋼門後面。
attributive: safe-deposit + vault
Rin pays an annual fee for a medium-sized safe-deposit box at the downtown branch.
Rin 每年支付一筆年費，在市中心分行租用一個中型的安全保管箱。
The hotel offers guests a safe-deposit locker in each room for passports and cash.
這家飯店在每間客房提供一個安全保管櫃，讓客人存放護照和現金。
Each safe-deposit box needs two keys — one held by the customer and one by the bank.
這家分行所有的安全保管箱都需要兩把鑰匙——客戶持一把，銀行持一把。
文法句型
safe-deposit + noun (box / vault / locker / facility)
用法筆記
Always used attributively — that is, before another noun such as 'box', 'vault', or 'locker'. The variant spelling 'safety-deposit' is also common; the two forms are interchangeable in modern usage.
常見錯誤
safe-deposit — 名詞
1. a small lockable metal box kept inside a bank's vault, used by customers to stor
保管箱
銀行內供存放貴重物品的箱子
a small lockable metal box kept inside a bank's vault, used by customers to store valuable documents, jewellery, or money that they want to protect from theft or loss.
Wren opened her safe-deposit and checked that the insurance papers were still inside.
Wren 打開她的保管箱，確認保險文件還在裡面。
countable noun: a safe-deposit
The bank manager escorted Noor to the room where the safe-deposits were kept.
銀行經理陪同 Noor 前往存放保管箱的房間。
plural form: safe-deposits
Samir keeps his emergency savings in a safe-deposit at the main branch near his office.
Samir 把急用存款放在辦公室附近主要分行的一個保管箱裡。
When the bank closed, customers had to empty their safe-deposits within thirty days.
那家銀行關閉時，客戶必須在三十天內清空他們的保管箱。
The cost of renting a small safe-deposit has gone up by ten percent this year.
租用一個小型保管箱的費用今年漲了百分之十。
- safe-deposit box
the full, more formal version of the same item
- strongbox
a lockable container for valuables, not necessarily inside a bank
- lockbox
used especially in American English; can be kept anywhere, not only in a bank
文法句型
a safe-deposit
safe-deposits (plural)
用法筆記
This countable-noun sense ('a safe-deposit', 'safe-deposits') is a shortened form of 'safe-deposit box'. In formal writing the full form is more common; the short form appears mainly in spoken or informal banking contexts. Do not confuse with 'safe-deposit' used as an adjective, which requires a following noun.