释义 |
tank/tæŋk/ n. & v.●n. 1 a large receptacle or storage chamber usu. for liquid or gas 罐;槽;箱(常用来盛放液体或气体的大容器) 2 a heavy armoured fighting vehicle carrying guns and moving on a tracked carriage 坦克(一种带有枪炮、在履带上移动的重型装甲作战车) 3 a container for the fuel supply in a motor vehicle (汽车的)油箱 4 the part of a steam locomotive tender containing water for the boiler (蒸汽机车上的)水箱 5a (in India and Australia) a reservoir (印度、澳大利亚的)水库 b dial. esp. US a pond [方] [尤美]水池;池塘 ●v. 1 tr. (usu. foll. by 常后跟 up) fill the tank of (a vehicle etc.) with fuel 给(汽车等)装满燃料 2 colloq. [口]a intr. (foll. by 后跟 up) drink heavily; become drunk 大量喝酒;喝醉酒 b tr. & refl. (often as 常作 tanked up adj.) inebriate oneself with alcoholic drink or drugs (因酒或毒品)使喝醉;使飘飘然 □ tankful n. (pl. -fuls)□ tankless adj.[Gujurati tɑˉnkh etc., perhaps from Sanskrit tadɑˉga ‘pond’] |