Tube

Definition

tube /tju:b; US tu:b/ n ၁။ [C] ႁပြန္။ က်ည္။ က်ည္ေတာက္။ a laboratory full of jars, tubes and other containers ❍ Blood flowed along the tube into the bottle. See also INNER TUBE, TEST- TUBE ၂။ [C] ~ (of sth) သြားတိုက္ေဆး ဘူးကဲ့သို႔ေသာ ဘူးမ်ဳိး။ a tube of glue/ ointment ❍ squeeze toothpaste from/ out of a tube. ၃။ [C usu pl ] ႁပြန္ပံု(အဂၤါ)။ bronchial/ Fallopian/ Eustachian tubes. ၄။ the tube (also the underground ) [U, sing] (Brit infml) လန္ဒန္ၿမိဳ႕ေျမေအာက္ရထား။ travel to work by tube/ on the tube ❍ take a/ the tube to Victoria ❍ tube trains/ tickets. Compare SUBWAY ၂ ၅။ [C] = CATHODE-RAY TUBE ❏ tubeless adj ကြၽတ္မလိုေသာ (တာယာ)။ ❏ tubing n [U] ႁပြန္ေခ်ာင္း။ ပိုက္လိုင္း။ two metres of copper/ plastic tubing. ❏ tubular /'tju:bjǝlǝ(r); US 'tu:-/ adj ၁။ ႁပြန္ပံု။ ႁပြန္။ tubular scaffolding ❍ tubular steel chairs. ၂။ ႁပြန္ပံု။ က်ည္ေတာက္ပံု။ tubular flowers.

Examples

1. Nurses had to feed Dan through a tube.
2. A toilet paper tube
3. [tube of] : A tube of toothpaste
4. A tube station/platform/train
5. [on the tube] : Guess who I saw on the tube tonight?
6. [by tube] : She goes to work by tube.
7. What time’s the last tube?
8. Fallopian tubes