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  1. Oxford American Dictionary

    tube

    • IPA[to͞ob]

    美式

    • n.
      a long, hollow cylinder of metal, plastic, glass, etc. for holding or transporting something, chiefly liquids or gases；the inner tube of a bicycle tire.
    • v.
      fit (a person or animal) with a tube to assist breathing, especially after a laryngotomy.；convey in a tube

    • verb: tube, 3rd person present: tubes, gerund or present participle: tubing, past tense: tubed, past participle: tubed

    • noun: tube, plural noun: tubes

    • 釋義
    • 片語

    名詞

    • 1. a long, hollow cylinder of metal, plastic, glass, etc. for holding or transporting something, chiefly liquids or gases a plastic tube is connected to the tap and the beer is ready to be pulled
    • ▪ the inner tube of a bicycle tire.
    • ▪ material made into cylindrical form; tubing the firm manufactures steel tube for a wide variety of applications
    • 2. a thing in the form of or resembling a tube.
    • ▪ a flexible metal or plastic container sealed at one end and having a screw cap at the other, for holding a semiliquid substance ready for use a tube of toothpaste
    • ▪ a rigid cylindrical container a tube of lipstick
    • ▪ a hollow cylindrical organ or structure in an animal body or in a plant Eustachian tube sieve tube
    • ▪ informal a woman's fallopian tubes women with blocked tubes
    • ▪ a woman's close-fitting garment, typically without darts or other tailoring and made from a single piece of knitted or elasticized fabric a tube skirt
    • ▪ (in surfing) the hollow curve under the crest of a breaking wave he angled his board to get in the tube
    • 3. trademark in UK the subway system in London a cross-London trek on the Tube a Tube train
    • ▪ a train running on the subway system in London I caught the Tube home
    • 4. a sealed container, typically of glass and either evacuated or filled with gas, containing two electrodes between which an electric current can be made to flow.
    • ▪ a cathode ray tube, especially in a television set color tubes for portables
    • ▪ North American informal television another wasted evening, sitting in front of the tube
    • ▪ North American a vacuum tube.

    動詞

    • 1. informal fit (a person or animal) with a tube to assist breathing, especially after a laryngotomy.
    • 2. convey in a tube the wells were flooded, and this water, tubed off, yielded a supply of 38,000 gallons per hour
    • 3. ride on water on a large inflated inner tube we tubed down creeks, slid down water cascades, and fished in canyons

    片語