tube

管子、管、导管

Water flows through this narrow tube into the tank.

水从这根细管子流进水槽里。

软管、条装容器

He squeezed the last bit of paint from the tube.

他把软管里最后一点颜料挤了出来。

地铁英式，常作 the Tube

I take the tube to work every morning.

我每天早上搭地铁去上班。

电视美式口语，常作 the tube

He spends every weekend glued to the tube.

他每个周末都黏在电视前面。

真空管、电子管

This old amplifier still uses vacuum tubes instead of chips.

这台老扩大机仍然使用真空管，而不是晶片。

管、道解剖

The doctor explained that one of her tubes was blocked.

医生说明她有一边的输卵管阻塞了。

内胎、充气圈

We floated down the river on rubber tubes all afternoon.

我们整个下午都坐著橡皮圈顺河漂流。

插管、装管多用于被动

The patient was tubed as soon as he stopped breathing.

病人一停止呼吸就马上被插管了。