Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - tube
Tube
tube
n. & v. --n. 1 a long hollow rigid or flexible cylinder, esp. for holding or carrying air, liquids, etc. 2 a soft metal or plastic cylinder sealed at one end and having a screw cap at the other, for holding a semi-liquid substance ready for use (a tube of toothpaste). 3 Anat. & Zool. a hollow cylindrical organ in the body (bronchial tubes; Fallopian tubes). 4 (often prec. by the) colloq. the London underground railway system (went by tube). 5 a a cathode-ray tube esp. in a television set. b (prec. by the) esp. US colloq. television. 6 US a thermionic valve. 7 = inner tube. 8 the cylindrical body of a wind instrument. 9 Austral. sl. a can of beer. --v.tr. 1 equip with tubes. 2 enclose in a tube. Derivatives tubeless adj. (esp. in sense 7 of n.). tubelike adj. Etymology: F tube or L tubus
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noun Etymology: French, from Latin tubus; akin to Latin tuba trumpet Date: 1651 any of various usually cylindrical structures or devices: as, a hollow elongated cylinder, a soft tubular container whose contents (as toothpaste) can be removed by squeezing, c. tunnel, subway b, the basically cylindrical section between the mouthpiece and bell that is the fundamental part of a wind instrument, 2. a slender channel (as a fallopian ~ or a pollen ~) within a plant or animal body ; duct, the narrow basal portion of a corolla with united petals or a calyx with united sepals, inner ~, 4. electron ~, cathode-ray ~, television, an article of clothing shaped like a ~ , ~d adjective ~like adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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