The word "tub" refers to a deep container used for washing, growing plants, or as a bathtub. It can also denote a small container for food or the amount of a substance that a tub holds.
[N-COUNT 可数名词](大小不一的)桶,盆,缸,盆 A tub is a deep container of any size.
[N of n]
He peeled the paper top off a little white tub and poured the cream into his coffee...
他把小白盒上的纸盖撕去,然后把奶油倒进他的咖啡里。
Shrubs can be grown in tubs or large containers.
灌木可以种植在盆里或大型容器中。
A tub of something is the amount of it contained in a tub.一桶(之物);一桶之量
She would eat four tubs of ice cream in one sitting.
她以前常常一次就吃4桶冰激凌。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]同 bathtub。 A tub is the same as a bathtub .
[AM 美]
She lay back in the tub.
她向后靠着躺在浴缸里。
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See also:
hot tub
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Oxford
tub/tʌb; NAmEtʌb/noun _packaging_comp.jpg _tub.jpg 1a large round container without a lid, used for washing clothes in, growing plants in, etc. 盆;桶◆There were tubs of flowers on the balcony.阳台上有一盆盆的花。2a small wide, usually round, plastic or paper container with a lid, used for food, etc. (塑料或纸的)饭盒,食品盒◆a tub of margarine一盒人造黄油3( informal) ( especially NAmE) =
bathtub
◆They found her lying in the tub.他们发现她躺在浴缸里。☞see also
hot tub
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tubtub /tʌb/ ●○○ noun [countable]
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1containera)a small container made of paper or plastic with a lid, in which food is bought or storedtub of a tub of ice cream a margarine tubb)an open container that is usually round, used for washing, storing things in etc: trees growing in tubs2amount (also tubful) the amount of liquid, food etc that a tub can containtub of We ate a tub of ice cream.3bath American English a large container in which you sit to wash yourselfSYN bathtub: I had a long soak in the tub.4boat British English informal an old boat that travels slowly5person tub of lard informal not polite someone who is short and fat
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tub
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tubs[655]
浴盆(43%),桶(39%),洗澡(17%),装入桶(1%)
n.浴盆;桶
vt.把…装入桶;为…洗盆浴
vi.洗盆浴;(衣服等)被放在桶里洗
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