沙盒

shāhé

noun

Meanings

1 sandbox (isolated environment for running software)
2 sandbox (open-ended game genre)

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

这款游戏有沙盒模式，玩家可以自由建造自己的城市。

Zhè kuǎn yóuxì yǒu shāhé móshì, wánjiā kěyǐ zìyóu jiànzào zìjǐ de chéngshì.

This game has a sandbox mode where players can freely build their own city.

HSK 6

这个程序在沙盒中运行，就算有病毒也不会影响电脑。

Zhège chéngxù zài shāhé zhōng yùnxíng, jiùsuàn yǒu bìngdú yě bú huì yǐngxiǎng diànnǎo.

This program runs in a sandbox, so even if it carries a virus it can't affect the computer.

Tips

usage

A calque of English "sandbox". In gaming it describes open-ended games where players build whatever they like, 《我的世界》 (Minecraft) being the best known; in computing a 沙盒 runs untrusted code where it cannot touch the rest of the system. Compare 开放世界 (open world), which is about exploring rather than building.

Stroke Order

沙 shā

盒 hé