an empty box meaning in English

空盒子

They went behind a partition wall to change ; but in the little recess were three officers , who completely filled it up . they were sitting playing cards by the light of a single candle on an empty box , and nothing would induce them to budge from their places
他们走到隔扇后面好换衣服但这间小贮藏全被挤得满满的，一只空箱子上点着一支蜡烛，三个军官坐在那儿玩牌，怎么也不愿让出自己的位子。
Paper bag hua xiang s result : an empty box , give audience check after , the performer can change to spend a box quite a few and greatly from emptily the box , changing a few big silk kerchiefs from the inside again after handing over to the audience check , or the other want of thing . this magic result is very good , can used for the near view or satge performance
纸袋花箱效果：一个空盒，给观众检查后，表演者能从空盒中变出好几个大花箱，交给观众检查后，又从里面变出了几条大丝巾，或其它想要的东西。此魔术效果极佳，可用于近景或舞台表演