Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - soapbox
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Soapbox
soapbox
(soapboxes) 1. A soapbox is a small temporary platform on which a person stands when he or she is making a speech outdoors. One of them climbed aboard a soapbox and began informing the locals why gays should be allowed in the military. N-COUNT 2. If you say that someone is on their soapbox, you mean that they are speaking or writing about something they have strong feelings about. We were interested in pushing forward certain issues and getting up on our soapbox about them... N-COUNT
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1.
noun Date: 1907 an improvised platform used by a self-appointed, spontaneous, or informal orator; broadly something that provides an outlet for delivering opinions • ~ adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. ящик из-под мыла 2. мыльница (с крышкой) 3. импровизированная трибуна where is your soapbox? —- нельзя ли без демагогии? 4. импровизированный (о речи) soapbox orator —- уличный оратор 5. зажигательный (о речи) 6. неодобр. демагогический 7. soapbox oratory демагогическое выступление, демагогия 8. разг. ораторствовать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) импровизированная трибуна 2) любимая тема, конек SOAP-BOX noun 1) ящик из-под мыла 2) coll. импровизированная трибуна 3) attr. soap-box orator = soapboxer ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
~ n get on your soapbox informal to tell people your own strong opinions about something loudly and forcefully (Don't mention politics, or Burt will be back on his soapbox again.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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