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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- tub [t^b]
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1.
noun
[c]
(container) 缸
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2.
noun
[US]
浴缸[英 = bath]
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1.
noun
[c]
(container) 缸
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- tub [t^b]
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1.
n
a low wide open container, typically round, originally one made of wood and used esp for washing: now made of wood, plastic, metal, etc, and used in a variety of domestic and industrial situations
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2.
n
bathtub - another word (esp US and Canadian) for bath
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3.
n
a small plastic or cardboard container of similar shape for ice cream, margarine, etc
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4.
n
tubful the amount a tub will hold
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5.
n
a clumsy slow boat or ship
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6.
n
[informal]
(in rowing) a heavy wide boat used for training novice oarsmen
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7.
n
null tram hutch
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8.
n
a small vehicle on rails for carrying loads in a mine
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9.
n
a container for lifting coal or ore up a mine shaft; skip
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10.
vb
[Brit]
[informal]
to wash (oneself or another) in a tub
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11.
vt.
[tr]
to keep or put in a tub
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12.
vt.
[Etymology]
C14: from Middle Dutch tubbe
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1.
n
a low wide open container, typically round, originally one made of wood and used esp for washing: now made of wood, plastic, metal, etc, and used in a variety of domestic and industrial situations
Examples
- to fill the tub for a bath
- 把浴盆注满水洗澡 → fill
- Do you think if I fill the bathtub and climb in, my mass will overflow the tub?
- 如果我把浴缸充满水，自己再爬进去，你认为我的体积会使浴缸的水溢出来吗？ → bathtub
- What is the best thing to use to dry off the tub after use?
- 用完浴盆后，用什么东西擦干最好？
- 他从帽筒里取出了一顶帽子, 就出门了。
- He took a hat from the tub-shaped hat container, and went out. → 帽筒
- 她喜欢泡盆汤时在浴盆里边洒上一些花瓣。
- I like to scatter some flower leaves in the tub when I am taking a bath. → 盆汤
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