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[N-COUNT 可数名词]管子;管;管状物 A
tube is a long hollow object that is usually round, like a pipe.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](内盛膏状物等的)管状容器 A
tube of something such as paste is a long, thin container which you squeeze in order to force the paste out.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]管状器官;管;道 Some long, thin, hollow parts in your body are referred to as
tubes .
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[N-SING 单数名词](伦敦的)地铁 The tube is the underground railway system in London.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]电视机 You can refer to the television as
the tube .
[the N]
[AM 美]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
in BRIT, use 英国英语用 the box
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[PHRASE 短语](公司、经济、机构)完全垮掉,彻底崩溃,告吹 a business, economy, or institution
goes down the tubes or
goes down the tube, it fails or collapses completely.
[V inflects]
[mainly AM 主美]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
The country was going down the tubes economically...
该国经济正在彻底崩溃。
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。
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See also:bronchial tube
;
cathode-ray tube
;
fallopian tube
;
inner tube
;
test tube
;