tube: [17] The ultimate origins of tube are unclear. It comes, probably via French tube, from Latin tubus ‘tube’. This was closely related to tuba ‘war trumpet’, source of English tuba [19], but what their joint ancestor might be is not known. => tuba
tube (n.)
1610s, from Middle French tube (15c.), from Latin tubus "tube, pipe," of unknown origin. The London subway was christened the Twopenny Tube (H.D. Browne, in the "Londoner" of June 30, 1900) before it even opened; tube for "cylindrical railway tunnel" is attested from 1847. The meaning "TV as a medium" is from 1959, short for cathode ray tube or picture tube. Tube top as a women's clothing style is attested from 1972. Tube steak is attested from 1963 as "frankfurter," slang meaning "penis" is recorded by mid-1980s.
雙語例句
1. The only baseball he saw was on the tube.
他看過的唯一一場棒球賽是在電視上看的。
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2. The secondary current sets up a magnetic field inside the tube.
二次電流在管子內部會產生磁場。
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3. That's Warwick Road, just opposite Earls Court tube station.
那是沃裏克路，就在伯爵宮地鐵站對麵。
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4. He prefers travelling on the Tube to riding in a limousine.
他更願意乘地鐵出行，不願坐豪華轎車。
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5. I took the tube then the train and came straight here.