tube
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++tube1 /tjuːb $ tuːb/ ●●● S3 W3 noun 1. pipe for liquid 液体输送管 [countable]TD a round pipe made of metal, glass, rubber etc, especially for liquids or gases to go through 〔输送液体或气体的〕圆管，管子 → inner tube, test tube2 [countable] a long hollow object that is usually round 管状物 pasta tubes 通心粉 a toilet roll tube 手纸卷筒3 container 容器 [countable]DT a narrow container made of plastic or soft metal and closed at one end, that you press between your fingers in order to push out the soft substance that is inside 〔装有柔软物质的〕软管 a tube of toothpaste 一管牙膏 →5 see picture at 见图 container4 in your body 在人体内 [countable]HB a tube-shaped part inside your body 管，道 the bronchial tubes 支气管5 TRAINS 列车the tube British EnglishTTT the system of trains that run under the ground in London 〔伦敦的〕地下铁道，地铁 SYN American English subwaytake/catch the tube Take the tube to Acton. 乘地铁到阿克顿。 a tube station 地铁站by tube It’s best to travel by tube. 最好是乘地铁。6 go down the tubes informalWORSE if a situation goes down the tubes, it quickly becomes ruined or spoiled 被毁灭；被破坏 When Moira turned up, Tess could see all her good work going down the tubes. 莫伊拉一出现，特丝就觉得她所有的心血都白费了。7 TELEVISION 电视the tube American English spokenTELEVISION/RADIO the television 电视机 What’s on the tube tonight? 今晚有什么电视节目？8. electrical equipment 电气设备 [countable] technicalAMT the part of a television that produces the picture on the screen 电视显像管；阴极射线管 SYN cathode ray tube
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tube• Casey is twenty yards from Balham tube station.• The wave spiralled forwards into a flawless but bone-crushing tube.• Fallopian tubes• The mere presence of tubes turned the MITerminator 3 cables to a brittle mess.• Sedimenting particles in the horizontal-head centrifuge must travel the entire length of the liquid in the tube.• Additionally, when a horizontal-head centrifuge stops. the tubes fall from the horizontal to the vertical position.• In the female this tube is broader than in the male.• Briefly, a vertical tube turned a blank glass eye on him and Ezra and the glass eye contemplated each other.tube2 verb [intransitive] to float on a river on a large inner tube for fun 玩内胎漂流→ See Verb tableOrigin tube1 (1600-1700) French Latin tubustube1 nountube2 verbChinese
Corpus metal, a glass, rubber round made etc, pipe of
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tube1 S3 W3 /tjuːb $ tuːb/ 
noun
2. [countable] a long hollow object that is usually round:
pasta tubes
a toilet roll tube
3. CONTAINER [countable] a narrow container made of plastic or soft metal and closed at one end, that you press between your fingers in order to push out the soft substance that is inside:
a tube of toothpaste
4. IN YOUR BODY [countable] a tube-shaped part inside your body:
the bronchial tubes
5. TRAINS the tube British English the system of trains that run under the ground in London
SYN subway American English
take/catch the tube
Take the tube to Acton.
a tube station
by tube
It’s best to travel by tube.
6. go down the tubes informal if a situation goes down the tubes, it quickly becomes ruined or spoiled:
When Moira turned up, Tess could see all her good work going down the tubes.
7. TELEVISION the tube American English spoken the television:
What’s on the tube tonight?
8. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT [countable] technical the part of a television that produces the picture on the screen
SYN cathode ray tube
tube2 verb [intransitive]
to float on a river on a large inner tube for fun
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noun Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: Latin tubus
1. PIPE FOR LIQUID [countable] a round pipe made of metal, glass, rubber etc, especially for liquids or gases to go through ⇨ inner tube, test tubeLanguage: French
Origin: Latin tubus
2. [countable] a long hollow object that is usually round:
3. CONTAINER [countable] a narrow container made of plastic or soft metal and closed at one end, that you press between your fingers in order to push out the soft substance that is inside:
4. IN YOUR BODY [countable] a tube-shaped part inside your body:
5. TRAINS the tube British English the system of trains that run under the ground in London
SYN subway American English
take/catch the tube
by tube
6. go down the tubes informal if a situation goes down the tubes, it quickly becomes ruined or spoiled:
7. TELEVISION the tube American English spoken the television:
8. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT [countable] technical the part of a television that produces the picture on the screen
SYN cathode ray tube
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verb [intransitive]to float on a river on a large inner tube for fun
A city's underground railway/railroad system is usually called the underground (oftenthe Underground ) inBrE subway inNAmE BrE subway for systems in American cities andmetro for systems in other European countries.The Metro is the name for the systems in Paris and Washington, D.C. London's system is often calledthe Tube .城市的地铁系统在英式英语中通常称为 underground（常作 the Underground），在美式英语中为 subway。说英式英语的人指美国城市的地铁亦用 subway，而指其他欧洲国家的地铁则用 metro。the Metro 为巴黎和华盛顿市的地铁名称；伦敦的地铁通常称作 the Tube。
