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tech1 /tek/ noun [countableC]

1.British EnglishBrE old-fashioned informalSEC a technical college 工学院

Examples from the Corpus

tech• Yet how typical of a tech to spell this all out so literally.• A tech knew the appropriate litanies to mutter.• And then along came an old battered AC30, which Lance, my guitar tech, gave to me.• Britain's future must be high skill, high wage and high tech.• However, the period design features cleverly conceal a wealth of high tech services.• This high tech tent is the latest in mobile medical hardware, which could help save lives.• Aye, babbled sanctimoniously!! i When, for its sake, Valence himself had abandoned his own tech kin!• Now their commander must dragoon several tech or merchant gangs from the Oberon spire into the ranks.

tech2n verb

n1 tech down phrasal verbphr v informal to use less advanced technology than the type you usually use

I decided to tech down and use my film camera rather than my digital camera.

From Longman Business Dictionary

techtech1 /tek/ adjectiveadj [only before a noun] informal

technical or technological

A lot of smaller tech companies are reporting disappointing profits.

the tech support staff

→ see also high-tech , low-tech