Слово англійською: tube
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Переклад tube українською: труба́, тю́бик (па́сти і т. д.), ка́мера (ши́ни), метро́, бро́нхи, фалло́пієва/ма́ткова труба́, електри́чна ла́мпа
Детальний опис
pipe
- [countable] a long, hollow pipe made of metal, plastic, rubber, etc., through which liquids or gases move from one place to another
- He had to be fed through a feeding tube for several months.
- She poured the liquid down the tube.
see also cathode ray tube, test tube
- [countable] a hollow object in the shape of a pipe or tube
- the cardboard tube from the centre of a toilet roll
- I put the poster back into its tube.
see also inner tube
container
- [countable] a long, narrow container made of soft metal or plastic, with a lid (= cover), used for holding thick liquids that can be forced out of it by pressing
- tube (of something) a tube of toothpaste
- a tube of glue
- (Australian English, informal) a can of beer
part of body
- [countable] a part inside the body that is like a tube in shape and through which air, liquid, etc. passes
- bronchial tubes
- The oesophagus is the tube leading from the throat to the stomach.
see also fallopian tube underground railway
(also The Tube™)
[singular] (British English) the underground railway system in London- on the tube I often travel on the tube
- by tube We came by tube.
- a tube station/train
- She caught the wrong tube (= tube train).
British/American underground / subway / metro / tubeunderground / subway / metro / tube- A city’s underground railway system is usually called the underground (often the Underground) in British English and the subway in North American English. Speakers of British English also use subway for systems in American cities and metro 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 called the Tube.
television
the tube
[singular] (North American English, informal) the television
in ear
- (North American English)
(British English grommet)
[countable] a small tube placed in a child’s ear in order to drain liquid from it when there is an infection Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French tube or Latin tubus.
Idioms - (informal) (of a plan, company, situation, etc.) to fail
- The education system is going down the tubes.
Topics Difficulty and failurec2