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You can picture a big, sealed container holding a body of liquid or gas — a water tank, a fuel tank. Everything in the word grows from this one image: the container, what fills it, and even the war machine first hidden under that name.

可以想成一個又大又密封的容器，裡頭裝著一大灘液體或氣體——水槽、油箱都是。整個字都從這個畫面長出來：容器本身、裡頭裝…更多收起可以想成一個又大又密封的容器，裡頭裝著一大灘液體或氣體——水槽、油箱都是。整個字都從這個畫面長出來：容器本身、裡頭裝的量、甚至連那台一開始被藏在這個名字底下的戰車。

原始詞典資料29 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Tankname

  • 1

    A city in Tank district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

  • 2

    A district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

tanknoun詞源 1/ˈtæŋk/

  • 1

    A closed container for liquids or gases.

    • The propane is stored in these tanks.
    • The tank contains unfiltered water. You really shouldn't drink from that.
  • 2

    An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.

    • The contractors installed a new tank with gorgeous fish and corals.
    • The ore slurries are directed into an open tank outside the excavation site.
  • 3

    A pond, pool, or small lake (either natural or artificial).

    • The tanks are full and the grass is high.
  • 4

    The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.

    • We have brought the van to a garage after we found a leak in the tank.
  • 5

    The amount held by a container; a tankful.

    • I burned three tanks of gas on the drive to New York.
  • 6

    An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun designed for direct fire, and moving on caterpillar tracks.

    • The journalist mistook the self-propelled artillery vehicle for a tank.
    • Few remember the female tanks that were produced between the World Wars.
  • 7

    A reservoir or dam.

  • 8

    biologybotanynatural-sciencesA structure of tightly overlapping leaves used by some bromeliads to retain water.

另外 5 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    A very muscular and physically imposing person; somebody who is built like a tank.

  • 10

    datedslangA bouncer or doorman.

  • 11

    video-gamesA unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy (as opposed to dealing damage, healing, or other tasks).

    • The paladin can make for a decent tank, but I recommend that you get a class with better taunting skills.
    • See also: distraction carnifex
  • 12

    slangA prison cell, or prison generally.

    • drunk tank
    • The sheriff threw us in the tank without charges!
  • 13

    slangcard-gamespokerA metaphorical place where a player goes to contemplate a decision; see in the tank.

tankadj詞源 1/ˈtæŋk/

    tankverb詞源 1/ˈtæŋk/

    • 1

      To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.

      • He told me about all the odd jobs he'd taken after I was born, when Michigan's economy was tanking. For one, he crisscrossed the Midwest buying old carpets from dentists' offices.
      • "[...] If the economy has tanked... then we don't want to over-promise and under-deliver."
    • 2

      To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.

    • 3

      video-gamesTo attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently.

    • 4

      To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.

      • Concrete below ground must be fully tanked to prevent water uptake.
      • Sometimes oils are tanked for months or years at a time (e.g., linseed oil).
    • 5

      To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.

      • Beforehand, Swedish [national ice hockey team] coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson had ruminated about tanking against Slovakia to avoid powerful Canada or the Czechs in the quarters [i.e., quarterfinals of the 2006 Winter Olympic tournament], telling Swedish television, "One is cholera, the other the plague."
    • 6

      slanglifestyleTo resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.

      • Unless Bane can tank Helicarrier-busting explosions I'm not sure how he stands a chance.
      • A weakened Superman tanked an explosion 50 times larger than the Kepler's Supernova and the electromagnetic shock wave hit him.
    • 7

      slangTo contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank.

    • 8

      To stand; to tolerate.

    另外 1 個記錄的用法
    • 9

      To willingly take on an undesirable task or burden.

    tanknoun詞源 2/ˈtæŋk/

    • 1

      A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.

    • 2

      A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.

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    資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。