
tube
词源
源自拉丁语 'tubus',意为'管子',16世纪通过法语 'tube' 进入英语。
noun
❶ 指中空的圆柱形物体,通常由金属、塑料或玻璃制成,用于输送液体或气体。
“The water flows through the tube to the garden.”
(水通过管子流到花园里。)
“She used a cardboard tube to store her posters.”
(她用纸筒来存放她的海报。)
❶ 在英国英语中,指地铁系统,尤指伦敦地铁。
“I take the tube to work every morning.”
(我每天早上乘地铁去上班。)
“The tube map is very easy to understand.”
(地铁线路图很容易看懂。)
verb
❶ 通过管道输送某物,或将某物装入管状容器中。
“The oil is tubed to the refinery.”
(石油通过管道输送到炼油厂。)
“They tubed the samples for laboratory analysis.”
(他们把样本装入试管用于实验室分析。)
常见短语
tube top — 一种无肩带的上衣,形状像管子,常见于女性夏季服装。
“She wore a colorful tube top to the beach party.”
(她穿了一件彩色抹胸去参加海滩派对。)
down the tubes — 形容事情完全失败或变得毫无价值,常用于非正式场合。
“All our plans went down the tubes when the funding was cut.”
(当资金被削减后,我们所有的计划都泡汤了。)
inner tube — 指轮胎内部充气的橡胶管,用于自行车、汽车等交通工具。
“We had to patch the inner tube after finding a puncture.”
(发现漏气后,我们不得不修补内胎。)