tub
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.
He bought a tub of lard to roast the potatoes in.
- 2.
The contents or capacity of such a vessel.
She added a tub of margarine to the stew.
- 3.
A bathtub.
- 4.
(informal)(nautical, informal) A slow-moving craft.
- 5.
(derogatory, humorous)(humorous or derogatory) Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.
- 6.
A small cask.
a tub of gin
- 7.
Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).
- 8.
(mining) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.
- 9.
(obsolete)A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
- 10.
(slang)A corpulent or obese person.
- 11.
(automotive) The bare body shell of an automobile (minus the doors, hood, trunk lid, fenders, etc.) which is lowered onto the chassis at the time of assembly, or in the case of modern unibody designed vehicles, is itself a monocoque around which the rest of the vehicle is built.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To plant, set, or store in a tub.
to tub a plant
- 2.
(ambitransitive)To bathe in a tub.
February 1, 1873, Meredith Townsend and Richard Holt Hutton (editors), "Change of Air and Scene", in The Spectator Don't we all "tub" in England?
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From Middle English tubbe, tobbe, from Middle Dutch tubbe or tubbe, tobbe, further etymology unknown. Considered to be unrelated to tube.