This flashcard defines "tank" as a container for liquids or gases, and as a military vehicle with weapons and tracks. It also notes the phrase "tankful" referring to the contents of a tank and mentions the verb form's meanings: a company or product failing completely, or deliberately losing a game.
This flashcard defines "tank" as a container for liquids or gases, and as a military vehicle with weapons and tracks. It also notes the phrase "tankful" referring to the contents of a tank and mentions the verb form for a company or product failing completely or deliberately losing a game.
[N-COUNT 可数名词](盛放液体或气体的)罐，槽，箱，缸 A tank is a large container for holding liquid or gas.
[oft n N]
[usu N of n]
...an empty fuel tank...
空空的油箱
Two water tanks provide a total capacity of 400 litres.
两个水缸的总容量为 400 升。
...a tank full of goldfish.
满是金鱼的鱼缸
A tank of a liquid or gas is an amount of it contained in a tank.一罐(或槽、箱、缸)的容量
A lorry can drive up to 600 miles on a single tank of fuel.
大卡车只用一箱油就能行驶 600 英里。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]坦克 A tank is a large military vehicle that is equipped with weapons and moves along on metal tracks that are fitted over the wheels.
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See also:
septic tank
；
think-tank
；
Oxford
tank★/tæŋk; NAmEtæŋk/
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verb
tanktankstankedtankingnoun★1★a large container for holding liquid or gas （贮放液体或气体的）箱，槽，罐◆a hot water tank热水箱◆a fuel tank燃料箱◆a fish tank (= for keeping fish in)鱼缸☞see also
septic tank
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think tank
2★(alsotank·ful/tæŋkfʊl; NAmEtæŋkfʊl/)the contents of a tankor the amount it will hold 箱（或桶等）所装之物；一箱（或一桶等）的量◆We drove there and back on one tank of petrol.我们开车去那里来回用了一油箱汽油。3★a military vehicle covered with strong metal and armed with guns. It can travel over very rough ground using wheels that move inside metal belts. 坦克4( IndE) an artificial pool, lake or reservoir（人工）水池，湖，水库verb1[intransitive ]( NAmE) (of a company or a product 公司或产品)to fail completely 彻底失败；破产；倒闭◆The company's shares tanked on Wall Street.这家公司的股票在华尔街彻底崩盘了。2[transitive , intransitive ]tank(sth) ( NAmE) ( sport 体) to lose a game, especially deliberately （尤指故意）输掉比赛◆She was accused of tanking the match.有人指责她故意输掉这场比赛。PHRASAL VERBˌtank (sth) ˈup( NAmE) to fill a car with petrol/gas 给（汽车）加油◆He tanked up and drove off.他给汽车加满油开走了。◆We stopped to tank the car up.我们停下来给汽车加油。tank/tæŋk; NAmEtæŋk/tank·ful/tæŋkfʊl; NAmEtæŋkfʊl/
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tank1 noun
tank2 verb
tanktank1 /tæŋk/ ●●●S2W2 noun [countable]
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1a large container for storing liquid or gas: The water tank is leaking. Somehow the chemical got from a storage tank into water supplies.fish/marine/breeding tank (=for keeping or breeding fish in) the plane’s fuel tankpetrol tank British English, gas tank American English2 (also tankful) the amount of liquid or gas held in a tank: We set off next day on a full tank.tank of a tankful of petrol3a heavy military vehicle that has a large gun and runs on two metal belts fitted over its wheels4a large artificial pool for storing water5in the tank American English informal failing and losing moneybe/go in the tank Sales can’t keep going up, but that doesn’t mean the industry is going in the tank. →
think tank
, septic tank
, drunk tank
tank1 noun
tank2 verb
tanktank2 verb
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1[intransitive] to decrease quickly or be very unsuccessful: Not long after the chairman resigned, shares in the company tanked.2[intransitive] British English informal to travel very fast in a car or vehicle3[intransitive] informal to fail badly and be very unsuccessfulSYN flop: His last film tanked in the States, but did well in the UK.4 (also tank it) [transitive] to deliberately lose a sports game that you could have wontank up phrasal verbespecially American English to put petrol in your car so that the tank is fullSYN fill up