0 a long cylinder made from plastic, metal, rubber, or glass, especially used for moving or containing liquids or gases -- （塑料、金属、橡胶或玻璃制成的）管，管子
1 a long, thin container made of soft metal or plastic that is closed at one end and has a small hole at the other, usually with a cover, used for storing thick liquids -- （由软金属或塑料制成的通常有盖的，盛膏状物的）软管
a tube of toothpaste 一管牙膏
a tube of lager 一瓶淡啤酒
2 London's underground train system -- （伦敦的）地铁
3 the television -- 电视；电视机
What's on the tube this weekend? 这个周末有什么电视节目？
The vacuum inside the tube caused it to implode when the external air pressure was increased.
The surgeon makes a small incision into which a tube is inserted.
The tube which carries the laser is introduced into the abdomen through a small cut in the skin.
The prisoners who were being force-fed had tubes rammed down their throats.
The operation involves putting a small tube into your heart.
In a strict sense, there is nothing passive about removing a surgically implanted feeding tube or extubating a patient undergoing mechanical ventilation.
But in case the supply of tubes is insufficient they should be transferred, as caught, into any dry bottle, such as a whisky bottle.
After 24 h, one large and one small male were transferred into a tube containing an average size (ranging from 1.5 to 1.8 mm) female.
