any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
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Pot saucers, vases and other water containers should be scrubbed at least once a week. 花盆碟及花樽等容易积水的器皿应每星期彻底洗擦一次。
He also got fed up with people walking off with his glass containers and soon invented the editable waffle to hold the Ice cream. 他讨厌人们拿走他用来盛装冰激淋的玻璃器皿，于是乎，他发明了华夫饼干用来装冰激淋。
美
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