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tank /ˈtæŋk/
大容器,大水槽,箱,櫃,罐,池塘,儲水池,坦克(vt.)儲于槽中
tank
儲槽
Tank n.
1. A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.
2. A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.
We stood in the afterglow on the bank of the tank and saw the ducks come home. --F. Remington.
The tanks are full and the grass is high. --Lawson.
Tank engine, a locomotive which carries the water and fuel it requires, thus dispensing with a tender.
Tank iron, plate iron thinner than boiler plate, and thicker than sheet iron or stovepipe iron.
Tank worm Zool., a small nematoid worm found in the water tanks of India, supposed by some to be the young of the Guinea worm.
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Tank n. A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
tank
n 1: an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves
on caterpillar treads [syn: army tank, armored combat
vehicle, armoured combat vehicle]
2: a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or
liquids [syn: storage tank]
3: as much as a tank will hold [syn: tankful]
4: a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk [syn:
tank car]
5: a cell for violent prisoners [syn: cooler]
v 1: store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it
2: treat in a tank; "tank animal refuse"