tab

• n. 标签；制表；帐单
• vt. 给…贴标签

可能来自 tag,标签，记号。拼写比较 ruby,rouge.

1. the bill in a restaurant;

"he asked the waiter for the check"

2. sensationalist journalism

3. the key on an electric typewriter that causes a tabulation

4. a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it;

"pull the tab to open the can"

"files with a red tab will be stored separately"

"the collar has a tab with a button hole"

5. a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

tab (n.1)

"small flap or strip of material," c. 1600, possibly from a dialectal word, of uncertain origin. Often interchangeable with tag (n.1). Compare also Middle English tab "strap or string" (mid-15c.), Norwegian dialectal tave "piece of cloth, rag."

tab (n.2)

"account, bill, check," 1888, American English colloquial, probably a shortened form of tabulation or of tablet in the sense "a sheet for writing on." Figurative phrase keep a tab on is recorded from 1890.

tab (n.3)

1961, shortened form of tablet (especially one of sugar containing LSD). As an abbreviation of tabloid (newspaper) it is 1990s slang. As a short form of tabulator key of a typewriter (later computer) it is recorded from 1916.

tab (v.)

"designate, label, name," 1924, earlier "affix a tab to" 1872 (implied in tabbed), perhaps an alteration of tag (v.2). Related: Tabbing. Also see tab (n.1).

Insert tab A into slot 1 (= for example to make a model, box, etc.) .

将凸舌A插入1号孔（如制作模型、盒子等）。

牛津词典

a bar tab

酒吧账单

牛津词典

Can I put it on my tab?

我可以记账吗？

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The tab for the meeting could be $3 000.

这次会议的费用可能是3 000元。

牛津词典

a tab of Ecstasy

一粒摇头丸

牛津词典

guitar tabs

吉他奏法乐谱

牛津词典

It's not always possible to keep tabs on everyone's movements.

监视每个人的行动并不总是能办得到的。

牛津词典

He has been tabbed by many people as a future champion.

许多人都说他是未来的冠军。

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A stupid medical clerk had slipped the wrong tab on his X-ray.

一个蠢笨的医护人员一不留神在他的X光片上贴错了标签。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a small red tab sewn on to the left-hand side of the back right pocket.

缝在右后口袋左边的一个小红布签

柯林斯高阶英语词典

At least one estimate puts the total tab at $7 million...

至少有一个估价把总数定在了 700 万美元。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

'I'll get my purse out of the bedroom.' — 'No sweat, Mrs. Day. We can put it on your tab.'

“我去卧室拿钱包。”——“别费事了，戴夫人，我们就记在你的账单上好了。”

柯林斯高阶英语词典

One tab of Ecstasy costs at least £15.

一粒摇头丸至少卖 15 英镑。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

It was obvious Hill had come over to keep tabs on Johnson and make sure he didn't do anything drastic.

显然，希尔是来密切监视约翰逊的，以确保他不做出什么过激举动。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Pollard picked up the tab for dinner that night...

那天的晚饭是波拉德掏的钱。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Today any employee with back or shoulder pain can go straight to Mr Jay and the company will pick up the tab.

现如今，不论哪位雇员的背部或肩膀疼，都可以直接去找杰伊先生，费用由公司承担。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Templates for creating tab icons in Adobe Photoshop are available in the Icon Templates Pack.

创建标签图标的PS文件,可在图标模板包里获得.

期刊摘选

Her father picked up the tab for all the champagne at the wedding.

婚礼上所有的香槟酒都是他父亲买单.

《简明英汉词典》

COB. TAB. COG mould train technology.

COB. TAB. COG模组工艺技术制作.

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Specify the source file column delimiter type. Specify comma, tab, semicolon, or another character.

指定源文件列分隔符类型. 指定逗号 、 制表符 、 分号或其它字符.

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Please enter a valid email address at the identity tab of the account configuration dialog.

请在账户配置对话框的身份标签内输入一个有效的电子邮件地址.

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I pay the tab.

我付帐单.

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How did our readers do, and was there any connection to tab usage?

我们的读者怎么答复?这和标签使用量有什么联系 吗 ?

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Hang your coat up by the tab on the collar.

用衣服上的领襻把上衣挂起来.

《简明英汉词典》