- tube
- noun1) (for conveying liquids etc.) Rohr, das3) (Anat., Zool.) Röhre, die4) (cathode-ray tube) Röhre, die; (coll.): (television)
watch the tube — vor der Röhre sitzen (ugs.)
* * *[tju:b]noun1) (a long, low cylinder-shaped object through which liquid can pass; a pipe: The water flowed through a rubber tube; a glass tube.) das Rohr2) (an organ of this kind in animals or plants.) die Röhre3) (an underground railway (especially in London): I go to work on the tube / by tube; (also adjective) a tube train/station.) die Londoner U-Bahn; U-Bahn...4) (a container for a semi-liquid substance which is got out by squeezing: I must buy a tube of toothpaste.) die Tube•- academic.ru/76956/tubing">tubing- tubular* * *tube[tju:b, AM esp tu:b]ninner \tube Schlauch mtest \tube Reagenzglas nt, Eprouvette f ÖSTERR2. (container) Tube f3. BIOL Röhre f; (fam: fallopian tube) Eileiter mbronchial \tubes Bronchien plto have one's \tubes tied sich akk unfruchtbar machen lassen4. no pl BRIT (fam: railway)▪ the \tube die [Londoner] U-Bahn5. no pl AM (fam: TV)▪ the \tube die Glotze sl, die Kiste SCHWEIZ sl7.▶ to go down the \tube[s] den Bach runter gehen fam* * *[tjuːb]n1) (= pipe) Rohr nt; (of rubber, plastic) Schlauch m; (= speaking tube) Sprachrohr nt; (= torpedo tube) (Torpedo)rohr nt2) (= container of toothpaste, paint, glue) Tube f; (of sweets) Röhrchen nt, Rolle f3) (Brit: London underground) U-Bahn fto travel by tube — mit der U-Bahn fahren
4) (ELEC, TV US RAD) Röhre fthe tube ( US inf ) — die Glotze (inf)
the bronchial tubes — die Bronchien pl
* * *tube [tjuːb; US auch tuːb]A s1. Rohr (-leitung f) n, Röhre f:go down the tube(s) bes US umg den Bach runtergehen2. (Glas- etc) Röhrchen n3. (Gummi) Schlauch m4. Tube f (Zahnpasta etc):tube colo(u)rs Tubenfarben5. ANAT Tube f:a) allg Röhre f, Kanal mb) engS. Eileiter m6. BOT (Pollen) Schlauch m7. auch Tube Br umg (die) (Londoner) U-Bahn:tube station U-Bahnhof m;tube train U-Bahn-Zug m8. ELEK Röhre f:the tube US umg die Röhre (Fernseher);10. obs Tubus m, Fernrohr n11. Aus sla) Flasche f Bierb) Dose f BierB v/t1. TECH mit Röhren versehen2. (durch Röhren) befördern3. in Tuben abfüllen4. röhrenförmig machen* * *noun1) (for conveying liquids etc.) Rohr, das2) (small cylinder) Tube, die; (for sweets, tablets) Röhrchen, das3) (Anat., Zool.) Röhre, die4) (cathode-ray tube) Röhre, die; (coll.): (television)watch the tube — vor der Röhre sitzen (ugs.)
5) (Amer.): (thermionic valve) Röhre, die6) (Brit. coll.): (underground railway) U-Bahn, die* * *(London underground railway) expr.Untergrundbahn f. (drain) n.Kanüle -n f. n.Rohr -e n.Röhre -n f.Schlauch -¨e m.
English-german dictionary. 2013.