| 单词 | tank |
| 释义 | tank —tankless, adj. —tanklike, adj. /tangk/, n. 1. a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas: tanks for storing oil. 2. a natural or artificial pool, pond, or lake. 3. Mil. an armored, self-propelled combat vehicle, armed with cannon and machine guns and moving on a caterpillar tread. 4. Slang. a prison cell or enclosure for more than one occupant, as for prisoners awaiting a hearing. 5. See tank top. 6. go in the tank, Boxing Slang. to go through the motions of a match but deliberately lose because of an illicit prearrangement or fix; throw a fight. v.t. 7. to put or store in a tank. 8. tank up, a. to fill the gas tank of an automobile or other motor vehicle. b. Slang. to drink a great quantity of alcoholic beverage, esp. to intoxication. 9. Slang. to do poorly or decline rapidly; fail: The movie tanked at the box office. [1610-20; perh. jointly < Gujarati tankh reservoir, lake, and Pg tanque, contr. of estanque pond, lit., something dammed up, deriv. of estancar ( < VL *stanticare) to dam up, weaken; adopted as a cover name for the military vehicle during the early stages of its manufacture in England (December, 1915)] |
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