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TOEFL BNC: 1897 COCA: 1874

tank

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Related topics: Daily life, Technology, Weapons
tank1 /tæŋk/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countableC]
1  DTa large container for storing liquid or gas 〔儲存液體或氣體的〕箱，罐
The water tank is leaking.
水箱在漏水。
Somehow the chemical got from a storage tank into water supplies.
不知怎麽的，這種化學物從儲存箱進入了供水系統。
fish/marine/breeding tank (=for keeping or breeding fish in) 魚缸/繁殖缸
the plane’s fuel tank
飛機的油箱
petrol tank 油箱 British EnglishBrE, gas tank American EnglishAmE
2  (also tankful)AMOUNT the amount of liquid or gas held in a tank 〔液體或氣體〕滿滿一箱的容量
We set off next day on a full tank.
第二天我們加滿油箱，動身離開了。
tank of
a tankful of petrol
一箱汽油
3. PMWa heavy military vehicle that has a large gun and runs on two metal belts fitted over its wheels 坦克
4. DTa large artificial pool for storing water 人工蓄水池
5  in the tank American EnglishAmE informal failing and losing money 失敗；賠錢
be/go in the tank
Sales can’t keep going up, but that doesn’t mean the industry is going in the tank.
銷售額不能持續增長，但那並不是說這個行業不景氣。
Examples from the Corpus
be/go in the tank• When pneumonia developed, she wanted to be in the tank more.
→ think tank, septic tank, drunk tank
Examples from the Corpus
tank• She had never seen a tank close to.• He opened up the lid of what must have been a fish tank holding their live catch.• Other options include 150-gallon fuel tanks, a nod to the thirst of the Shamu-size vehicles.• Only then could the swop, from one tank to another, take place.• In smaller tanks it is useful in corners and in larger tanks as a center piece.• Its creeping stock branches very quickly and rapidly make a thick green carpet completely covering the bottom of the tank.• My brackish water tank is built into a wall.• The hot water tank is leaking.• Anti-static absorbent cloths are available for use with tank cleaning preparations, and Quick Wipes for tank interiors.
gas tank• Others squeeze their bodies into gas tanks.• This will also entail moving the gas tanks which feed over 200 point heaters in the station throat.• Find something to eat and fill up the gas tank and see what the day brought.• Then fill up the gas tank.
tank of• When I left the house, the car only had a half tank of gas.
tank2 verb
1  [intransitiveI] to decrease quickly or be very unsuccessful 快速減少；衰落
Not long after the chairman resigned, shares in the company tanked.
董事長辭職後不久，該公司的股票就暴跌了。
2. [intransitiveI] British EnglishBrE informal to travel very fast in a car or vehicle 乘車快速旅行
3  [intransitiveI] informal to fail badly and be very unsuccessful 徹底失敗 SYN flop
His last film tanked in the States, but did well in the UK.
他最新的電影在美國一敗塗地，但在英國卻很成功。
4. (also tank it) [transitiveT] to deliberately lose a sports game that you could have won 故意輸掉〔體育比賽〕
5.tank up phrasal verbphr v especially American EnglishAmETTC to put petrol in your car so that the tank is full 〔給汽車〕加滿汽油 SYN fill up
Examples from the Corpus
tank• But I was still getting hired to do movies, even though the films all appeared to be tanking.• Car buying tanked as Saturn's first car rolled off the assembly line.
From Longman Business Dictionary
tanktank /tæŋk/ noun
American EnglishAmE in the tankFINANCE likely to fail and lose money
With the junk-bond market in the tank, smarter investors are trying to pick up other investments
Sales can’t keep going up at that rate, but that doesn’t mean the industry is going in the tank.
Origin tank1
(1600-1700) Portuguese tanque “pool”
tank1 nountank2 verb
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