tank
tank
noun
tankful
( pl. -fuls)
noun(pl. -fuls)
tankless
adjective
语源
noun
- a large receptacle or storage chamber, especially for liquid or gas
（尤指存放液体或气体的）大容器，箱，罐
■the container holding the fuel supply in a motor vehicle
（汽车上的）油箱
■a receptacle with transparent sides in which to keep fish; an aquarium
鱼缸
■short for tank engine
tank engine 的简称
■(Indian & Austral./NZ)a reservoir
(印度，澳／新西兰)水库 - a heavy armoured fighting vehicle carrying guns and moving on a continuous articulated metal track
坦克 - (US informal)a cell in a police station or jail
(美，非正式)（警察局或监狱的）牢房
- [no obj.]fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel
给（机车）加满汽油
the cars stopped to tank up.
汽车停下来加油。
■(be/get tanked up)(informal)drink heavily; become drunk
(非正式)大量喝酒；喝醉
they get tanked up before the game.
他们在比赛之前喝醉了。 - [no obj.](US informal)fail completely, especially at great financial cost
(美，非正式)彻底地失败（尤指巨大的财政损失）
■[with obj.](N. Amer. informal)(in sport) deliberately lose or fail to finish (a match)
(北美，非正式)（体育比赛中）故意输掉（或不比完）（比赛）
■(informal, chiefly Scottish)defeat heavily
(非正式，主苏格兰)使…惨败
Rangers tanked the local side 8–0.
流浪者队以8比0大败主场队。
tankful
( pl. -fuls)
noun(pl. -fuls)
tankless
adjective
语源
- early 17th cent.: perhaps from Gujarati tānkũ or Marathi tānkẽ 'underground cistern', from Sanskrit tadāga 'pond', probably influenced by Portuguese tangue 'pond', from Latin stagnum
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