n.[C]

1. 管；筒
   He slipped the telescope into a steel tube.

   他將望遠鏡收進一根鋼管內。

2. （裝牙膏等的）軟管[（+of）]
   I need a tube of tooth paste.

   我需要一管牙膏。

3. （輪胎的）內胎
4. （動，植物的）管狀器官
5. 電子管，真空管
6. 【英】（有時大寫）地下鐵（道）[the S]
   She goes to work by tube.

   她乘捷運上班。

7. 【美】【俚】電視，電視機[the S]
8. 管狀隧道
9. 【澳】【口】【俚】一罐（啤酒）[（+of）]
10. 【俚】香菸

vt.

1. 給……裝上管子；把……弄成管狀
2. 用管輸送
3. 【美】【俚】未通過（考試）
   She tubed every test last week.

   她上星期測驗門門不及格。

vi.

1. 坐內胎順流而下

n.

1. a long, hollow cylinder used for conveying or holding liquids or gases.
   ▸a long flexible metal or plastic container sealed at one end and with a cap at the other.
   ▸material forming tubes.
2. Anatomy,  Zoology,  & Botany  a hollow cylindrical organ or structure in an animal or plant.
   ▸ (tubes) informal a woman's Fallopian tubes.
3. (the Tube) Brit. trademark the underground railway system in London.
   ▸a train running on this system.
4. a sealed container, typically of glass and either evacuated or filled with gas, containing two electrodes between which an electric current can be made to flow.
   ▸a cathode ray tube, especially in a television set.
   ▸N. Amer. a thermionic valve.
5. (the tube) N. Amer. informal television.
6. (in surfing) the hollow curve under the crest of a breaking wave.
7. informal a cigarette.
8. Austral. informal a can of beer.

v.

1. [usu. as adj. tubed] provide with a tube or tubes.
2. convey in a tube.

[名]

1. ①管；筒。
2. ②（裝牙膏或顏料的）小軟管。
3. ③（車輪）內胎。
4. ④游泳圈。