tube的中文

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tube
/ tju:b /

◙ noun
1. a long, hollow cylinder of metal, plastic, glass, etc. for holding or transporting something, chiefly liquids or gases
• （金属、塑料、玻璃等材料的）管，管子
»a plastic tube is connected to the tap and the beer is ready to be pulled.
  笼头上接了根塑料管子，这样啤酒就可以随时汲取出来了。
  the inner tube of a bicycle tyre
• 自行车内胎
  [mass noun] material in such a cylindrical form; tubing
• 管料；管形材料
»the firm manufactures steel tube for a wide variety of applications.
  这家工厂生产满足多种需求的钢管。
2. a thing in the form of or resembling such a cylinder, in particular
• 管状物，尤指
  a flexible metal or plastic container sealed at one end and having a screw cap at the other, for holding a semi-liquid substance ready for use
• （一头密封，一头有螺旋盖，装半液体物质的）软金属管，塑料管
»a tube of toothpaste.
  一管牙膏。
  a rigid cylindrical container
• 圆柱硬管
»a tube of Smarties.
  一瓶聪明豆（糖果）。
  [Austral. informal] a can of beer
• [澳，非正式] 一听啤酒
»a tube of lager.
  一听贮陈啤酒。
  [usu. with adj. or noun modifier] [Anatomy, Zoology, & Botany] a hollow cylindrical organ or structure in an animal body or in a plant (e.g. a Eustachian tube, a sieve tube)
• [剖，动，植] 管状器官，管（如咽鼓管、筛管）
  (tubes)[informal] a woman's Fallopian tubes
• [非正式] 输卵管
»women with blocked tubes.
  输卵管阻塞的妇女。
  a woman's close-fitting garment, typically without darts or other tailoring and made from a single piece of knitted or elasticated fabric
• 紧身女衣
»[as modifier] stretchy tube skirts.
  弹性紧身筒裙。
  (in surfing) the hollow curve under the crest of a breaking wave
• （冲浪中散浪头下的）空心浪
  [informal] a cigarette
• [非正式] 香烟
3. [Brit. informal] (the tube)the underground railway system in London
• [英，非正式] 伦敦地铁
»it wasn't far from where he lived, just a stop further on the tube.
  那离他住的地方不远，多坐一站地铁就到了。
  a train running on this system
• 地铁列车
»I caught the tube home.
  我搭地铁回家了。
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
• 密封管（尤指真空或充气的玻璃管，内含两个电极，其间可产生电流）
  a cathode ray tube, especially in a television set
• 阴极射线管，电视显像管
  (the tube)[N. Amer. informal] television
• [北美，非正式] 电视
»watching the tube in a country bar.
  在一家乡村酒吧看电视。
   [US] a thermionic valve
• [美] 热离子管
◙ verb, [with obj.]
1. [usu. as adj. tubed] provide with a tube or tubes
• 给…装上管子
»[in combination] a giant eight-tubed hookah.
  巨型八管水烟筒。
  [informal] fit (a racehorse) with a tube to assist breathing, chiefly after a laryngotomy
• [非正式] （给做过喉剖开术的赛马）插管（以助呼吸）
2. [with adverbial] convey in a tube
• 用管道运输

【IDIOMS】

◘ go down the tube [或tubes]
1. [informal] be completely lost or wasted; fail utterly
• [非正式] 一败涂地，完全失败
»the country is going slowly and surely down the tubes.
这个国家正缓慢而不可挽回地走向绝境。

【派生】

♦ tubeless adjective
♦ tube-like adjective

【语源】

1. mid 17th cent.: from French tube or Latin tubus