[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]柏油;沥青Tar is a thick black sticky substance that is used especially for making roads.
The oil has hardened to tar...
油已经硬化成柏油了。
They drove across the river to New Hampshire on a hot tar road.
他们沿着一条滚烫的柏油路开过了河,来到新罕布什尔州。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](烟草中的)焦油Tar is one of the poisonous substances contained in tobacco.
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[PHRASE 短语]被当作一丘之貉;被当成一路货色 If some people in a group behave badly and if people then wrongly think that all of the group is equally bad, you can say that the whole group is tarred with the same brush .
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I am a football supporter and I have to often explain that I'm not one of the hooligan sort because we'll all get tarred with the same brush when there's trouble.
我是足球迷,经常要解释我不是那种足球流氓,因为一旦出事,我们就会被当成是一路货色。
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tar/tɑː(r); NAmEtɑːr/
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tartarstarredtarringnoun[uncountable ]1a thick black sticky liquid that becomes hard when cold. Taris obtained from coal and is used especially in making roads. 焦油;焦油沥青;柏油2a substance similar to tarthat is formed by burning tobacco(烟草点燃后产生的)烟碱,尼古丁◆low-tar cigarettes尼古丁含量低的卷烟IDIOMsee
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v.verb(-rr-)tarsth to cover sth with tar用沥青涂抹;用柏油铺◆a tarred road柏油路IDIOMStar and ˈfeather sbto put taron sb then cover them with feathers, as a punishment 把…浑身涂上沥青并粘上羽毛(作为惩罚);严惩be tarred with the same ˈbrush (as sb)to be thought to have the same faults, etc. as sb else 被认为是一路货色;被看成一丘之貉tar/tɑː(r); NAmEtɑːr/
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tar1 noun
tar2 verb
tartar1 /tɑː $ tɑːr/ noun [uncountable]
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1a black substance, thick and sticky when hot but hard when cold, used especially for making road surfaces →
coal tar
2a sticky substance that forms when tobacco burns, and that gets into the lungs of people who smoke: high tar cigarettes
tar1 noun
tar2 verb
tartar2 verb (past tense and past participle tarred, present participle tarring) [transitive]
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1to cover a surface with tar: a tarred roof2be/get tarred with the same brush if someone is tarred with the same brush as someone else, people think they have the same faults or have committed the same crimes, even if they have not: You’ve made it very clear that you think I’m tarred with the same brush as William.3 tar and feather to cover someone in tar and feathers as a cruel unofficial punishment
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