tube

tube
tju:b
noun
1) (a long, low cylinder-shaped object through which liquid can pass; a pipe: The water flowed through a rubber tube; a glass tube.) tubo, tubería
2) (an organ of this kind in animals or plants.) trompa
3) (an underground railway (especially in London): I go to work on the tube / by tube; (also adjective) a tube train/station.) metro
4) (a container for a semi-liquid substance which is got out by squeezing: I must buy a tube of toothpaste.) tubo
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- tubular
tube n tubo
a tube of toothpaste un tubo de pasta de dientes
El metro de Londres se llama, familiarmente, the Tube
we went by tube fuimos en metro
tube
tr[tjʊːb]
noun
1 (pipe, container) tubo
2 SMALLAUTOMOBILES/SMALL cámara de aire
noun the tube
1 la televisión nombre femenino
noun the Tube
1 (underground) el metro
tube ['tu:b, 'tju:b] n
1) pipe: tubo m
2) : tubo m (de dentífrico, etc.)
3) or inner tube : cámara f
4) : tubo m (de un aparato electrónico)
5) : trompa f (en anatomía)
tube (Transportation)
n.
• metro s.m.
n.
• caño s.m.
• cañuto s.m.
• cañón s.m.
• cámara de un neumático s.f.
• trompa s.f.
• tubo s.m.
tuːb, tjuːb
noun
1) (pipe, container) tubo m

to go down the tube(s) — (colloq) venirse* abajo, irse* al traste (fam)

2) (television) (esp AmE colloq)

the tube — la tele (fam)

3) (London underground railway) (BrE colloq)

the tube — el metro, el subte (Arg)

let's go by tube — vamos en metro or (Arg) en subte

[tjuːb]
1. N
1) [of toothpaste, paint etc] tubo m ; (Anat) trompa f ; [of tyre] cámara f de aire; [of television] tubo m ; (US) [of radio] lámpara f

to go down the tube —

it's all gone down the tube * — todo se ha perdido

2)

the tube — (US) * (=television) la tele *

3) (=London underground) metro m

to go by tube — ir en el metro

to travel by tube — viajar en metro

2.
CPD

tube station N — (Brit) estación f de metro

tube top N — (US) camiseta f tubo

tube train N — tren m del metro

* * *
[tuːb, tjuːb]
noun
1) (pipe, container) tubo m

to go down the tube(s) — (colloq) venirse* abajo, irse* al traste (fam)

2) (television) (esp AmE colloq)

the tube — la tele (fam)

3) (London underground railway) (BrE colloq)

the tube — el metro, el subte (Arg)

let's go by tube — vamos en metro or (Arg) en subte


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