单词 | tubular |
释义 | tubularadj.n. A. adj. 1. a. Having the form of a tube or pipe; constituting or consisting of a tube; cylindrical, hollow, and open at one or both ends; tube-shaped. tubular bells, a series of tuned metal tubes of graded length vertically suspended and struck by hammers; tubular bridge, a bridge formed of a great tube or hollow beam, usually of wrought iron, through which the roadway passes; tubular goods (Oil Industry) (see quot. 1922); tubular steel, steel tubing, esp. as used in the manufacture of furniture; also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [adjective] > of hollow cylindrical form cannulate?a1425 fistulose?1440 pipedc1520 pipe-like1600 fistulous1601 tubulous1664 tubulary1673 tubular1682 cannulated1684 cannular1698 tubulated1713 tunnelled1713 tubulose1714 pipy1724 tubal1735 tubiform1745 tubulate1753 tube-shaped1760 tubuliform1794 fistuliform1805 tubular-shaped1815 tubed1816 canaliform1826 tunnel-shaped1826 tube-like1849 tunnelly1874 tunnel-like1880 tubar1887 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > bridge of other specific construction pile bridge1758 thrusting-bridge1761 frame bridge1809 lock bridge1817 lattice-bridge1838 tubular bridge1850 girder-bridge1854 tubular1861 trestle-bridge1867 deck-bridge1874 transporter-bridge1893 gullet-bridge1896 crib-bridge1899 Bailey bridge1944 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > tubular bells tube-chime1887 tubular bells1919 society > occupation and work > equipment > oil and natural gas recovery equipment > [noun] > drilling equipment surface casing1877 string1895 tubular goods1922 drill pipe1932 pup joint1937 drill string1948 turbodrill1948 tubular1975 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > steel > [noun] > steel in specific form gad steel1604 wisp-steel1604 steel-plating1825 sheet1884 tubular steel1933 1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iii. i. iv. 122 The Pins being also conceived to be Tubular. 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xvi. 398 These tubular vessels may be supported with facility..upon the table across two or three pieces of glass. 1850 E. Clark (title) The Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges. 1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 243 The idea of tubular bricks is not new, for they were used by the Romans. 1884 J. Harrington Provisional Spec. 14,270 (Patent Office) (1885) 1 Instead of employing the costly gongs or bells hitherto employed, I employ metallic tubes which I suspend vertically by means of catgut, cord or other suitable material... I arrange the hammers so as to strike the same at their upper parts above the point of suspension thereof.] 1919 A. T. Bassett S. Barnabas', Oxf. iii. 25 The original bell of S. Barnabas'..did service until 1890, when a set of tubular bells was hung in the tower, and a chiming machine added. 1922 D. T. Day Handbk. Petroleum Industry I. 300 The term ‘tubular goods’ generally covers all classes of pipe, casing and tubing used in drilling or operating oil or gas wells, and comprises the following distinct types; casing, tubing, drive pipe, line pipe and rotary drill pipe. 1930 Melody Maker Jan. 69/1 Tubular bells are often considered ‘a bit of a bore’ by drummers. 1933 Archit. Rev. 74 78/3 Four double tubular-steel legs shaped like hair-pins. 1946 R. Graves Poems 1938–45 35 Among box-files and tubular steel chairs. 1957 Times 2 July (Agric. Suppl.) p. viii/3 The gate and posts are made of tubular steel. 1962 B.S.I. News May 19/2 Glockenspiel, xylophone, tubular bells, celesta. 1981 Times 3 July 14/7 Marcel Breuer, the Hungarian-born architect..created the first tubular steel furniture..and in 1926 he equipped the new Bauhaus buildings with furniture of this type. b. Botany: esp. applied to a flower or floret consisting mainly of a tube, with small or inconspicuous limb; spec. to such florets in a composite flower (opposed to ligulate adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [adjective] > of or having florets semi-flosculous1720 quilled1733 semi-floscular1753 semi-flosculose1760 tubular1776 floscular1793 sesquialteral1793 flosculous1830 tubate1866 1776 J. Lee Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) Explan. Terms 396 Tubulosa, Florets that are all tubular and equal. 1807 J. E. Smith Introd. Physiol. & Systematical Bot. 457 Flowers..with united tubular anthers. ?1877 F. E. Hulme Familiar Wild Flowers I. Summary p. vii Primrose... Calyx tubular, five-toothed. 1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. vi. §5 248 Tubular..strictly..denotes a gamophyllous perianth with limb inconspicuous..as in Trumpet Honeysuckle. c. Zoology and Anatomy. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > tubular tubular1794 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 175 Those of the coral class, of a ramified and tubular form. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. III. 200 The tongue of the Gnat and some of the flies is short, pointed, and hollow, and through its tubular interior these insects are enabled to draw their nourishment. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 29 Rounded nostrils may have a raised border or rim; when this is prolonged they are called tubular. 2. Relating to, or performed by means of, a tube. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [adjective] > of hollow cylindrical form > relating to or performed by tubes tubulara1716 a1716 R. Cotes Hydrostatical & Pneumatical. Lect. (1738) sig. Avj Experiments for the most part tubular. 3. Constructed with or consisting of a number of tubes; as a tubular boiler (see also tubulous adj. 2b and cf. tubular-flued adj. at Compounds). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [adjective] > of hollow cylindrical form > consisting of or having tubes tubular1804 tunnelled1890 1804 Troughton in Nicholson's Philos. Jrnl. Dec. 225 (title) Description of a Tubular Pendulum. 1804 Troughton in Nicholson's Philos. Jrnl. Dec. 228 The first pendulum which I made of the tubular kind, had only three steel wires, and one tube above the bob. 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia at Pendulum We may date the invention of the tubular pendulum..about the year 1775. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 527 Troughton's tubular-pendulum..is constructed of an exterior tube of brass,..within which is another tube, and five brass wires in its belly. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Tubular-boiler, a boiler consisting of tubes. 1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 6132 Metallic tubular bedsteads. 1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Tubular Boiler, a name properly applicable to a steam-boiler in which the water circulates in pipes,..the fire encircling them. 4. a. Pathology. (See quot.) ? Obsolete. ΚΠ 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 239 (heading) Diarrhœa Tubularis. Tubular Looseness. The digestions consi[s]ting more or less of membrane-like tubes, whitish, viscous, and inodorous. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 48 Tubular diarrhœa. b. Physiology and Pathology. Applied to a high-pitched respiratory murmur, like the sound made by blowing through a tube, heard normally over the trachea and bronchial tubes, and in diseased conditions over the lung. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sounds heard in body > [adjective] > sounds in auscultation puerile1821 pectoriloquous1824 large1827 sibilant1833 tubular1834 moist1843 rhonchal1843 pectoriloquial1846 redux1848 murmurish1851 rhonchial1852 bronchophonic1862 sticky1872 coarse1879 skodaic1882 1834 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 119 The stethoscope detected..no other respiratory sound, but that of a dry respiration, evidently tubular or bronchial. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 205 The breath-sounds are tubular or cavernous—the term ‘tubular’ is used here as synonymous with bronchial. c. Ophthalmology. Applied to a visual field which is restricted to a small area surrounding the fixation point; tubular vision = tunnel vision n. at tunnel n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > with limited visual field hemiopic1873 hemianopic1889 tubular1903 macula-sparing1935 1903 Hansell & Sweet Text-bk. Dis. of Eye xviii. 488 When his sight had improved the visual fields were still contracted.., showing the so-called ‘tubular’ field of hysteria. 1927 H. M. Traquair Introd. Clin. Perimetry v. 49 A special form of concentric contraction is the ‘tubular’ field. The depression is severe and involves the whole field with the exception of an area surrounding the fixation point, producing a great and often extreme contraction... Such fields are obviously of functional origin. 1927 H. M. Traquair Introd. Clin. Perimetry xii. 222 Hysteria. The typical field change..is concentric contraction... The field is..tubular in type, a form which is necessarily of subjective origin. 1934 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 17 384/2 (heading) Transient tubular vision in postencephalitic Parkinson's disease. 1956 Blakiston's New Gould Med. Dict. (ed. 2) 1319/2 Tubular v[ision], a hysterical phenomenon in which the constricted visual field defies the laws of physical projection and maintains a uniform small size..: popularly called gun-barrel v[ision]; tunnel v[ision]. B. n. elliptical. 1. = tubular bridge at sense A. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > bridge of other specific construction pile bridge1758 thrusting-bridge1761 frame bridge1809 lock bridge1817 lattice-bridge1838 tubular bridge1850 girder-bridge1854 tubular1861 trestle-bridge1867 deck-bridge1874 transporter-bridge1893 gullet-bridge1896 crib-bridge1899 Bailey bridge1944 1861 J. A. Symonds Let. 9 Aug. (1967) I. 303 We took a nice walk..to Bangor. We saw 2 trains go through the Tubular—one each way. 2. plural = tubular goods at sense A. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > oil and natural gas recovery equipment > [noun] > drilling equipment surface casing1877 string1895 tubular goods1922 drill pipe1932 pup joint1937 drill string1948 turbodrill1948 tubular1975 1975 North Sea Background Notes (Brit. Petroleum Co.) 27 Most of each top deck will be occupied by a skid-mounted, electrically-driven drilling rig with appropriate storage for tubulars. 1979 Shell Trade in Eastern Europe (Shell Internat. Petroleum Co.) 5 Shell companies' purchases from countries in Eastern Europe include oil, chemicals and some metals and materials and equipment such as tubulars, rotary drilling hose, and items for sale in Shell filling-stations. Compounds tubular-shaped; esp. in Botany with another adjective, denoting a combination of tubular with another form, as tubular-campanulate, tubular-urceolate; tubular-flued adj. having tubular flues. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [adjective] > of hollow cylindrical form cannulate?a1425 fistulose?1440 pipedc1520 pipe-like1600 fistulous1601 tubulous1664 tubulary1673 tubular1682 cannulated1684 cannular1698 tubulated1713 tunnelled1713 tubulose1714 pipy1724 tubal1735 tubiform1745 tubulate1753 tube-shaped1760 tubuliform1794 fistuliform1805 tubular-shaped1815 tubed1816 canaliform1826 tunnel-shaped1826 tube-like1849 tunnelly1874 tunnel-like1880 tubar1887 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > boiler > [adjective] low pressure1816 tubular-flued1840 multitubular1849 tubulous1860 Field1865 Stirling1889 double-flued1895 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 825 In a proper cylindrical, almost tubular-shaped vessel, two feet high. 1840 Encycl. Brit. XX. 674/2 These tubular-flued boilers are at the present day extensively used. 1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 118 [Erica] Mediterranea. Cor[olla] tubular-urceolate. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 379 Polygonatum... Perianth tubular-campanulate. Derivatives tubularity n. /-ˈlærɪtɪ/ the quality of being tubular, tubular form of structure. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [noun] > quality of being hollow cylinder tubularity1747 1747 E. M. da Costa in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 402 Such different Effects as Solidity and Tubularity. 1890 Manch. Examiner 20 June The special advantage of tubularity in bells seems to be that they are only heard in the immediate neighbour~hood. 1906 Practitioner Nov. 603 Tubularity of the respiratory murmur. ˈtubularly adv. in a tubular manner, so as to form a tube. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [adverb] > in form of hollow cylinder tubulously1818 tubularly1856 1856 R. Shield Pract. Hints Moths 74 In tubularly rolled leaves of honeysuckle we shall find the larvæ. Draft additions 1993 a. tubular tyre, a lightweight pneumatic tyre used esp. on racing bicycles, consisting of an inner tube completely encased within an outer covering, which is cemented or otherwise attached to the wheel-rim. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre rubber1875 tyre1875 tirea1877 pneumatic1890 cushion1891 cushion-tire1891 pneu1891 solid tyre1891 balloon tyre1899 single-tube1904 tubular tyre1908 shoe1917 solid1919 tubular1924 air wheel1930 skin1954 tub1978 1908 ‘Cycling’ Year Bk. 52 With Constrictor tubular tyres, the tyre is simply rolled off the rim, when deflated, and a few inches of the inner tube pulled out by parting the loose threads at the base of the tyre. 1925 G. H. Stancer Tips for Cyclists 24 The tubular tyre consists of an air-tube completely encircled by an outer casing. 1964 Cycling (‘Know the Game’ Ser.) (ed. 3) 16/2 The sprint rims for use with tubular tyres are almost flat and the tyres have to be stuck firmly to the rim with a special adhesive. 1990 San Francisco Chron. 11 June e3/1 The soft swoosh of tubular tires on asphalt and the chuckling chatter of chains from mountain bikes in free-fall descent. b. slang. (a) Of a cresting wave: hollow and curved, so that it is well-formed for riding on (U.S. Surfing); (b) more generally: wonderful, amazing, ‘fantastic’ (originally and chiefly U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] wonderlyc893 wonderfula1100 wondera1175 wondersa1300 marvellousc1330 marvela1400 marvelly?a1400 mirablec1429 admirablec1450 marvellablec1450 mirific1490 wondrous1509 extonious1548 portentious1549 miraculous1569 geason1572 mirificalc1572 astounding1590 amazing1593 wonderedc1595 admiring1598 prodigious1600 astonishable1603 fabulous1609 wondered-at?1611 necromantic1627 stupendous1640 nigromantic1645 mirandous1652 surprising1665 mirabundous1694 astonishinga1704 wondersome1774 sublime1813 nasty1834 kill-me-quite1842 breathtaking1843 breath-catching1865 miracle-working1867 mouth opening1867 stupefying1870 gee whiz1889 scorching1890 doozy1903 sensational1909 eye-popping1918 wunnerful1924 crashing1931 staggering1934 eyewatering1950 mind-boggling1955 Ozymandian1961 knock-out1966 mind-blowing1966 motherfucking1973 boggling1975 gobsmacking1981 tubular1982 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [adjective] > type of wave surfable1938 spooky1966 walled-out1970 tubular1982 A-frame1987 1982 Time 13 Sept. 90/1 (heading) The Zappa's Valley girl becomes, like, a totally tubular national craze—for sure. 1982 Time 13 Sept. 90/1 Tubular (awesome, from a surfers' term for great waves). 1984 Time 11 June 18/3 Surfing is the next best thing to a tubular reef break. 1986 Daily Tel. 23 Sept. 14/1 It would be nice to be able to say that last night's opening round of The Story of English (BBC-2) was ‘tubular’, ‘the max’ or just ‘totally’. 1990 Herbeck & Ross Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 44 They turned to Donatello, who struggled to come up with the perfect word to describe their exploits. But Donatello was at a loss. His brothers continued to top each other: ‘Tubular!’ ‘Radical!’ ‘Dynamite!’ Draft additions 1993 = tubular tyre at Additions a above. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre rubber1875 tyre1875 tirea1877 pneumatic1890 cushion1891 cushion-tire1891 pneu1891 solid tyre1891 balloon tyre1899 single-tube1904 tubular tyre1908 shoe1917 solid1919 tubular1924 air wheel1930 skin1954 tub1978 1924 Cycling 27 June p. vi (advt.) Tyre news..Tubulars..27/6 each. 1950 A. L. Pullen Cycling Handbk. 43 Tubulars are not only very light but the method of attachment to the rim allows the use of very much lighter rims. 1975 Oxf. Compan. Sports & Games 233/2 As tubulars are sometimes more liable to puncture, hubs are fitted with quick-release levers to facilitate wheel changes. 1988 Cycling Weekly 30 June 84/3 I always check my equipment before and after a race, and if there is a mark on a tubular it is changed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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