英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
字典
Tub
(n.)
A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
Tub
(n.)
A small cask; as, a tub of gin.
Tub
(n.)
A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; -- so
called by miners.
Tub
(v. t.)
To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.
Tub
(i.)
To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to
bathe.
Tuba
(n.)
An ancient trumpet.
Tuba
(n.)
A sax-tuba. See Sax-tuba.
Tubal
(a.)
Of or pertaining to a tube; specifically, of or pertaining
to one of the Fallopian tubes; as, tubal pregnancy.
Tubbed
(imp. & p. p.)
of Tub
Tubbing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tub
Tubbing
(n.)
The forming of a tub; also, collectively, materials for
tubs.
Tubbing
(n.)
A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine;
especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to
enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with
safety.
Tubby
(a.)
Resembling a tub; specifically sounding dull and without
resonance, like a tub; wanting elasticity or freedom of sound; as, a
tubby violin.
Tube
(n.)
A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance
of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.
Tube
(n.)
A telescope.
Tube
(n.)
A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid or
other substance.
Tube
(n.)
The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla.
Tube
(n.)
A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and
Friction.
Tube
(n.)
A small pipe forming part of the boiler, containing water and
surrounded by flame or hot gases, or else surrounded by water and
forming a flue for the gases to pass through.
Tube
(n.)
A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case secreted
or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans, insects, and other
animals, for protection or concealment. See Illust. of Tubeworm.