英汉词典

tank 基本解释

• n. 坦克；水槽；池塘
• vt. 把…贮放在柜内；打败
• vi. 乘坦克行进
• n. (Tank)人名；(德、土、阿塞、土库、挪)汤克

tank 词态变化

tank 中文词源

来自葡萄牙语 tanque,水箱，容器，借自印度语，如印度总理莫迪所在邦古吉拉特语 tankh, 水箱，畜水池，最终可能来自梵语 tadaga,池塘。现主要词义军事坦克来自一战时英国人发 明该重型装甲武器后为出其不意给德军重创，从而以“Tank”作掩护而得名。

tank 英文词源

tank

tank: [17] Tank ‘water-storage container’ originated in India, where it denoted a ‘pond’. It was borrowed from a local word, such as Gujarati tānkh or Marathi tānken ‘pond, cistern’. These in turn probably went back to Sanskrit tadāga ‘pond, lake’, which was of Dravidian origin. The word was applied as a secret code name to the new armoured vehicle at the end of 1915, supposedly because it was thought to resemble a benzene tank.

tank (n.)

1610s, "pool or lake for irrigation or drinking water," a word originally brought by the Portuguese from India, from a Hindi source, such as Gujarati tankh "cistern, underground reservoir for water," Marathi tanken, or tanka "reservoir of water, tank." Perhaps ultimately from Sanskrit tadaga-m "pond, lake pool," and reinforced in later sense of "large artificial container for liquid" (1680s) by Portuguese tanque "reservoir," from estancar "hold back a current of water," from Vulgar Latin *stanticare (see stanch). But other sources say the Portuguese word is the source of the Indian ones. Meaning "fuel container" is recorded from 1902. Slang meaning "detention cell" is from 1912. Railroad tank-car is from 1874.

In military use, "armored, gun-mounted vehicle moving on continuous articulated tracks," the word originated late 1915. In "Tanks in the Great War" [1920], Brevet Col. J.F.C. Fuller quotes a memorandum of the Committee of Imperial Defence dated Dec. 24, 1915, recommending the proposed "caterpillar machine-gun destroyer" machines be entrusted to an organization "which, for secrecy, shall be called the 'Tank Supply Committee,' ..." In a footnote, Fuller writes, "This is the first appearance of the word 'tank' in the history of the machine." He writes that "cistern" and "reservoir" also were put forth as possible cover names, "all of which were applicable to the steel-like structure of the machines in the early stages of manufacture. Because it was less clumsy and monosyllabic, the name 'tank' was decided on." They were first used in action at Pozieres ridge, on the Western Front, Sept. 15, 1916, and the name was quickly picked up by the soldiers. Tank-trap attested from 1920.

tank (v.)

1900, "to put into a tank," from tank (n.). Meaning "to lose or fail" attested from 1976, originally in tennis jargon, specifically in an interview with Billie Jean King in "Life" magazine, Sept. 22, 1967:

"When our men don't feel like trying," she says, "They 'tank' [give up]. I never tanked a match in my life and I never saw a girl do it. The men do it all the time in minor tournaments when they don't feel like hustling. You have to be horribly competitive to win in big-time tennis."

Sometimes said to be from boxing, in some sense, perhaps from the notion of "taking a dive," but evidence for this is wanting. Related: Tanked; tanking. Adjective tanked "drunk" is from 1893.

tank 词组搭配

tank 英文释义

1. an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads

2. a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids

3. as much as a tank will hold

4. a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk

5. a cell for violent prisoners

tank 双语例句

1. Colonel Hardy would like to see every tank with a computerized aid.

哈迪上校希望看到每辆坦克都配有电脑化辅助装置。

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2. A large diesel tank mysteriously leaked its contents into the river.

一个大型柴油罐的柴油莫名其妙地泄漏到河里去了。

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3. The division will consist of two tank companies and one infantry company.

这个师的组成部队将包括两个坦克连和一个步兵连。

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4. The sound of the tank guns reverberated through the little Bavarian town.

坦克炮声在巴伐利亚小镇回荡。

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5. It was my job to wash out the fish tank.

我的工作是清洗鱼缸内壁。

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tank 实用场景例句

a hot water tank

热水箱

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a fuel tank

燃料箱

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a fish tank (= for keeping fish in)

鱼缸

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We drove there and back on one tank of petrol.

我们开车去那里来回用了一油箱汽油。

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The company's shares tanked on Wall Street.

这家公司的股票在华尔街彻底崩盘了。

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She was accused of tanking the match.

有人指责她故意输掉这场比赛。

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He tanked up and drove off.

他给汽车加满油开走了。

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We stopped to tank the car up.

我们停下来给汽车加油。

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...an empty fuel tank...

空空的油箱

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Two water tanks provide a total capacity of 400 litres.

两个水缸的总容量为 400 升。

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Fill the tank with water.

把水槽灌满水.

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The tank gradually emptied.

蓄水池的水渐渐流空了.

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The rocket penetrated the enemy's tank.

火箭击穿了敌人的坦克.

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The water was reacting with the ferrous iron in the tank.

水与水箱中的铁质产生化学反应.

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The tank slowly emptied out.

油罐慢慢倒空.

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They are clearing out the tank.

他们正在刷洗蓄水池.

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There is still some gasoline left in the tank.

油箱里还剩下一些汽油.

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The oil leaked away because there was a small hole in the tank.

油渗出来了,因为油箱上有个小洞.

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He became a trooper in the Royal Tank Regiment.

他当上了皇家坦克团的装甲兵.

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I fill up the tank with gasoline about once a week.

大约每个星期我加满一箱汽油。

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There was some sludge at the bottom of the tank.

油箱底有油泥。

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a hot water tank

热水箱

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a piece of land in use as a tank testing ground

用作坦克试验场的一块土地

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The vehicle would not have the capacity to make the journey on one tank of fuel.

这辆车单靠一箱燃料无法跑完整趟旅程。

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A new perfume from Russia came in a bottle shaped like a tank.

一种来自俄罗斯的新款香水装在坦克状的瓶子里。

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There are also indications that a major tank battle may be shaping up for tonight.

也有迹象表明今晚可能会发生大规模的坦克战。

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A lorry can drive up to 600 miles on a single tank of fuel.

大卡车只用一箱油就能行驶600英里。

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