1 N-COUNT 管子;管;管状物 A tube is a long hollow object that is usually round, like a pipe. 管子;管;管状物
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. (内盛膏状物等的)管状容器
3 N-COUNT 管状器官;管;道 Some long, thin, hollow parts in your body are referred to as tubes . 管状器官;管;道
4 N-SING [oft by NOUN] (伦敦的)地铁 The tube is the underground railway system in London. (伦敦的)地铁 [British]
5 N-COUNT 电视机 You can refer to the television as the tube . 电视机 [US, informal]
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. (公司、经济、机构)完全垮掉,彻底崩溃,告吹 [mainly US, informal]
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The country was going down the tubes economically.
该国经济正在彻底崩溃。
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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
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