tab
英[t?b]
美[t?b]
- n. 標簽；制表；帳單
- vt. 給…貼標簽
詞態變化
復數:?tabs;
中文詞源
tab 標簽，簽條
可能來自 tag,標簽，記號。拼寫比較 ruby,rouge.
英文詞源
- tab (n.1)
- "small flap or strip of material," c. 1600, possibly from a dialectal word, of uncertain origin. Often interchangeable with tag (n.1). Compare also Middle English tab "strap or string" (mid-15c.), Norwegian dialectal tave "piece of cloth, rag."
- tab (n.2)
- "account, bill, check," 1888, American English colloquial, probably a shortened form of tabulation or of tablet in the sense "a sheet for writing on." Figurative phrase keep a tab on is recorded from 1890.
- tab (n.3)
- 1961, shortened form of tablet (especially one of sugar containing LSD). As an abbreviation of tabloid (newspaper) it is 1990s slang. As a short form of tabulator key of a typewriter (later computer) it is recorded from 1916.
- tab (v.)
- "designate, label, name," 1924, earlier "affix a tab to" 1872 (implied in tabbed), perhaps an alteration of tag (v.2). Related: Tabbing. Also see tab (n.1).
雙語例句
- 1. At least one estimate puts the total tab at $7 million.
- 至少有一個估價把總數定在了700萬美元。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A stupid medical clerk had slipped the wrong tab on his X-ray.
- 一個蠢笨的醫護人員一不留神在他的X光片上貼錯了標簽。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Pollard picked up the tab for dinner that night.
- 那天的晚飯是波拉德掏的錢。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. One tab of Ecstasy costs at least ￡15.
- 一粒搖頭丸至少賣15英鎊。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Hang your coat up by the tab on the collar.
- 用衣服上的領襻把上衣掛起來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》