单词 | tank |
释义 | tank n. & v. --n   1. a large receptacle or storage chamber usu. for liquid or gas.   2. a heavy armoured fighting vehicle carrying guns and moving on a tracked carriage.   3. a container for the fuel supply in a motor vehicle.   4. the part of a locomotive tender containing water for the boiler.   5. a Ind. & Austral. a reservoir. b dial. esp. US a pond. --v (usu. foll. by up) esp. Brit.   1. tr. fill the tank of (a vehicle etc.) with fuel.   2. intr. & colloq. tr. (in passive) drink heavily; become drunk. Phrases and idioms tank engine a railway engine carrying fuel and water receptacles in its own frame, not in a tender. tank-farming the practice of growing plants in tanks of water without soil. tank top a sleeveless, close-fitting upper garment with a scoop-neck. Derivatives tankful n. (pl. -fuls). tankless adj. Etymology: Gujurati tankh etc., perh. f. Skr. tadaga pond |
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