tube

noun

管 pipe

1. （金属、塑料、橡胶等制成的）管，管子
   a long hollow pipe made of metal, plastic, rubber, etc., through which liquids or gases move from one place to another
2. 管状物
   a hollow object in the shape of a pipe or tube
   1. a bike's inner tube
      自行车内胎
   2. the cardboard tube from the centre of a toilet roll
      手纸卷中央的硬纸管

容器 container

3. （由软金属或塑料制成的带盖的、盛膏状物的）软管
   a long narrow container made of soft metal or plastic, with a lid, used for holding thick liquids that can be squeezed out of it
   1. a tube of toothpaste
      一管牙膏
4. 一罐啤酒
   a can of beer
   1. a tube of lager
      一罐拉格啤酒

身体部位 part of body

5. 管状器官；管；道
   a part inside the body that is shaped like a tube and through which air, liquid, etc. passes
   1. bronchial tubes
      支气管

地下铁道 underground railway

6. 伦敦地下铁道
   the underground railway system in London
   1. a tube station/train
      地铁车站 / 列车
   2. We came by tube .
      我们乘地铁来的。

电视 television

7. 电视；电视机
   the television

耳朵 in ear

耳朵 in ear

1. N-COUNT 管子;管;管状物
   A tube is a long hollow object that is usually round, like a pipe.
   1. He is fed by a tube that enters his nose.
      他靠鼻饲管进食。
   2. ...a cardboard tube.
      纸卷芯
2. N-COUNT (内盛膏状物等的)管状容器
   A tube of something such as paste is a long, thin container which you squeeze in order to force the paste out.
   1. ...a tube of toothpaste.
      一管牙膏
   2. ...a small tube of moisturizer.
      一小管保湿液
3. N-COUNT 管状器官;管;道
   Some long, thin, hollow parts in your body are referred to as tubes .
   1. The lungs are in fact constructed of thousands of tiny tubes.
      肺实际上由上千条细微的气管构成。
4. N-SING (伦敦的)地铁
   The tube is the underground railway system in London.
   1. I took the tube then the train and came straight here...
      我先乘地铁，然后坐火车直奔这里。
   2. He travelled by tube.
      他乘地铁旅行。
5. N-COUNT 电视机
   You can refer to the television as the tube .
   1. The only baseball he saw was on the tube.
      他看过的唯一一场棒球赛是在电视上看的。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 the box


6. PHRASE （公司、经济、机构）完全垮掉，彻底崩溃，告吹
   a business, economy, or institution goes down the tubes or goes down the tube, it fails or collapses completely.
   1. The country was going down the tubes economically...
      该国经济正在彻底崩溃。
   2. When I was dieting, that was when my social life started going down the tube.
      我节食的时候，也就切断了一切社交生活。
7. See also: bronchial tube cathode-ray tube fallopian tube inner tube test tube

1. In London, the use of the Tube has ballooned
   在伦敦，坐地铁的人激增。
2. A typical fluorescent lamp is a tube with metal electrodes at each end.
   日光灯通常是一根两端装有金属电极的管子。
3. Some of the best extensions are made from sections of rod tube or drainpipe.
   最好的延长管中有些是用杆管或排水管制成的。
4. I work in the extruded tube business.
   我做挤压管生意。
5. I had to change the inner tube, in the mud and the snow.
   我不得不在泥泞的雪地里更换内胎。
6. That's Warwick Road, just opposite Earls Court tube station.
   那是沃里克路，就在伯爵宫地铁站对面。
7. You only need a very small blob of glue, so one tube lasts for ages
   每次只需一点点胶水而已，因此一管可以用很长时间。
8. I would be able to stay on the Piccadilly Line and get off the tube at South Kensington.
   我就可以留在皮卡迪利线上，然后在南肯辛顿站下地铁。
9. He had the presence of mind to put his emergency oxygen tube in his mouth.
   他镇定自若地把应急输氧管放进了自己的嘴里。
10. He prefers travelling on the Tube to riding in a limousine
    他更愿意乘地铁出行，不愿坐豪华轿车。
11. The secondary current sets up a magnetic field inside the tube
    二次电流在管子内部会产生磁场。
12. He is fed by a tube that enters his nose.
    他靠鼻饲管进食。
13. The lungs are in fact constructed of thousands of tiny tubes.
    肺实际上由上千条细微的气管构成。
14. I took the tube then the train and came straight here
    我先乘地铁，然后坐火车直奔这里。
15. He travelled by tube.
    他乘地铁旅行。
16. The only baseball he saw was on the tube.
    他看过的唯一一场棒球赛是在电视上看的。
17. The country was going down the tubes economically
    该国经济正在彻底崩溃。
18. When I was dieting, that was when my social life started going down the tube.
    我节食的时候，也就切断了一切社交生活。
19. Heat the glass tube to the point that it can bend.
    将玻璃管加热，以能弯曲为度。
20. The television receiver contain a very special sort of electron tube, called a "cathode-ray" tube.
    电视接收机有一个非常特殊的电子管，称为阴极射线管。
21. Each tube is in front of the collector nozzle only long enough to discharge the processed air.
    每一个管子在集气管前停留的时间，只要足以放出处理过的空气就可以了。
22. The tyre and the inner tube are both punctured.
    外带和里带都扎穿了。
23. Introduce the tube into that conduit, please.
    请把电线插入那个导管内。
24. The oil rushes up the tube and spouts up as a gusher.
    石油会沿着钢管上涌，如同自喷井那样喷射出来。
25. The researchers demonstrated this using DNA in a test tube.
    研究人员在试管中演示了DNA编辑这一操作过程。
26. The doctor told us the fallopian tube had ruptured.
    医生对我们说输卵管破裂了。
27. Can you guess where I got the carbon tube?
    你能猜到那里我得到了碳管？
28. The experimental investigation for contamination factor of helically finned tube bank is carried out.
    进行了螺旋翅片管束沾污特性的半工业性试验研究。
29. Tube and shaft cut and machined by CNC machines and Robots.
    钢管和轴承由CNC机器和机器人来切割和处理。
30. The port side is the vent valve and tubing, and the starboard side is the blow tube.
    港口方面是发泄阀和油管，和右舷侧是打击管。

  pipe conduit tube【导航词义：管子】

  pipe n. 管子，管道

〔辨析〕普通用词，泛指输送液体或气体的管子。

  conduit n. 管道，导管

〔辨析〕土木工程词汇，指水、气等通过的管道或保护电线的导线管等。

  tube n. 圆管，管子

〔辨析〕指金属、玻璃、橡胶等制成的输送液体或气体的管子。

n.

go down the tube/tubes

• 失败；落空；完蛋；吹了
  to fail
  1. The education system is going down the tubes.
     这种教育体系就要垮台了。

noun

1. an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
   1. in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'

   Synonym:    metroundergroundsubway systemsubway

2. conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases

   Synonym:    tubing

3. electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope

   Synonym:    vacuum tubethermionic vacuum tubethermionic tubeelectron tubethermionic valve

4. (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure

   Synonym:    tube-shaped structure

5. a hollow cylindrical shape

   Synonym:    pipe

verb

1. place or enclose in a tube

2. ride or float on an inflated tube
   1. We tubed down the river on a hot summer day

3. convey in a tube
   1. inside Paris, they used to tube mail

4. provide with a tube or insert a tube into