1816, from French carton "pasteboard" (17c.), from Italian cartone "pasteboard," augmentative of Medieval Latin carta "paper" (see card (n.)). Originally the material for making paper boxes; extended 1906 to the boxes themselves. As a verb, from 1921.
例文
1. I took a ballpoint pen and punched a hole in the carton .
私はボールペンを持って、紙箱に穴を開けた。
2.A carton of milk lay on its side.
牛乳箱がそのそばに置いてあります。
3.She was so thirsty that she drank a carton of orange juice.
彼女は喉が渇いて、オレンジジュースを1杯飲んだ。
4.When the postal clerk delivers your order,check the carton before signing for it.