| 单词 | tank |
| 释义 | Word Frequency tank(tæŋk) noun 1. a large container or reservoir for the storage of liquids or gases tanks for storing oil 2. a. an armoured combat vehicle moving on tracks and armed with guns, etc, originally developed in World War I b. (as modifier) a tank commander a tank brigade 3. British and US dialect a reservoir, lake, or pond 4. photography a. a light-tight container inside which a film can be processed in daylight, the solutions and rinsing waters being poured in and out without light entering b. any large dish or container used for processing a number of strips or sheets of film 5. slang, mainly US a. a jail b. a jail cell 6. Also called: tankful the quantity contained in a tank 7. Australian a dam formed by excavation verb 8. (transitive) to put or keep in a tank 9. (intransitive) to move like a tank, esp heavily and rapidly 10. (transitive) slang to defeat heavily 11. (intransitive) informal to fail, esp commercially Derived forms tankless (ˈtankless) adjective tanklike (ˈtankˌlike) adjective Word origin C17: from Gujarati tānkh artificial lake, but influenced also by Portuguese tanque, from estanque pond, from estancar to dam up, from Vulgar Latin stanticāre (unattested) to block, stanch |
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