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tub

noun
🔊/tʌb/
🔊/tʌb/
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  1. a large round container without a lid (= cover), used for washing clothes in, growing plants in, etc.盆；桶
    • There were tubs of flowers on the balcony.阳台上有一盆盆的花。🔊🔊
    see also bran tubTopics Gardensc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • bath
    • wash
    • hot
    • …
    verb + tub
    • lie in
    • soak in
    • climb in
    • …
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  2. a small, wide plastic or paper container with a lid (= cover), used for food, etc.（塑料或纸的）饭盒，食品盒
    • a tub of margarine一盒人造黄油
    • an empty margarine tub空的人造黄油盒
  3. (especially North American English, informal) a bathtub (= a large, long container that you put water in and then get into to wash your whole body)盆；桶
    • They found her lying in the tub.他们发现她躺在浴缸里。🔊🔊
    see also hot tub
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • bath
    • wash
    • hot
    • …
    verb + tub
    • lie in
    • soak in
    • climb in
    • …
    See full entry
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: probably of Low German or Dutch origin; compare with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch tubbe.