tube

• n. 管；电子管；隧道；电视机
• vt. 使成管状；把…装管；用管输送
• vi. 乘地铁；不及格

来自拉丁语 tubus,管子，管道，词源同 tuba.

1. conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases

2. electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope

3. a hollow cylindrical shape

4. (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure

5. electric underground railway

tube

tube: [17] The ultimate origins of tube are unclear. It comes, probably via French tube, from Latin tubus ‘tube’. This was closely related to tuba ‘war trumpet’, source of English tuba [19], but what their joint ancestor might be is not known.
=> tuba

tube (n.)

1610s, from Middle French tube (15c.), from Latin tubus "tube, pipe," of unknown origin. The London subway was christened the Twopenny Tube (H.D. Browne, in the "Londoner" of June 30, 1900) before it even opened; tube for "cylindrical railway tunnel" is attested from 1847. The meaning "TV as a medium" is from 1959, short for cathode ray tube or picture tube. Tube top as a women's clothing style is attested from 1972. Tube steak is attested from 1963 as "frankfurter," slang meaning "penis" is recorded by mid-1980s.

underground, subway, tube

这些名词均可表示"地铁"之意。

underground： 一般用词，指城市中的地铁，主要用于英国。

subway： 指城市中的地铁或通道，主要用于美国。

tube： 主要用于英国口语中。

She wrote that the two tongues combine to form one tube for drinking nectar.

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According to the analysis of Babbitt's team, old desktop monitors and box TVs with cathode ray tubes are the worst devices with their energy consumption and contribution to greenhouse gas emissions more than doubling during the 1992 to 2007 window.

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It could be expanded across the tube network in coming years.

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Later, engineers managed to construct railways in a system of deep tunnels, which became known to the tube.

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Then lay the tube in place so that one end rests all the way in the cup and the rest of the line runs up — and out — the side of the hole.

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Tube bosses claim that capacity was limited because so few people wanted to walk up—meaning only one side was used at all times.

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When the container is full, you can suck the refreshment out through the tube, and won't have to break down the still every time you need a drink.

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a bike's inner tube

自行车内胎

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the cardboard tube from the centre of a toilet roll

手纸卷中央的硬纸管

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a tube of toothpaste

一管牙膏

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a tube of lager

一罐拉格啤酒

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bronchial tubes

支气管

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a tube station/train

地铁车站 / 列车

牛津词典

We came by tube .

我们乘地铁来的。

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The education system is going down the tubes.

这种教育体系就要垮台了。

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He is fed by a tube that enters his nose.

他靠鼻饲管进食。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a cardboard tube.

纸卷芯

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...a tube of toothpaste.

一管牙膏

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...a small tube of moisturizer.

一小管保湿液

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The lungs are in fact constructed of thousands of tiny tubes.

肺实际上由上千条细微的气管构成。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I took the tube then the train and came straight here...

我先乘地铁，然后坐火车直奔这里。

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He travelled by tube.

他乘地铁旅行。

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The only baseball he saw was on the tube.

他看过的唯一一场棒球赛是在电视上看的。

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The country was going down the tubes economically...

该国经济正在彻底崩溃。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

When I was dieting, that was when my social life started going down the tube.

我节食的时候，也就切断了一切社交生活。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Heat the glass tube to the point that it can bend.

将玻璃管加热,以能弯曲为度.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

With the words he handed Professor Wang a tube.

说着他交给王教授一个试管.

《简明英汉词典》

An experimental research on the performance of a small flow vortex tube is introduced.

本文用实验方法研究了小流量涡流管制冷的特性.

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Expanding of air conditioner heat exchanger coil with copper hair pin tube and Aluminum fins.

冷冻空调散热器盘管铜管或铝管扩张,与铝散热片紧密结合,并固定侧板间距尺寸精确.

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All types of complete spiral steel tube equipment are designed and manufactured by the company.

我公司设计、生产各种类型的螺旋钢管成套设备.

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