tab
n
1 small projecting flap or strip of cloth, metal, paper, etc, esp one by which sth can be grasped, hung, fastened or identified 小片, 小條, 小帶(尤指用以抓住、 懸掛、 固定或識別某物的)
To open, pull tab, eg on a can of beer. 拉環開罐(如啤酒罐上的字樣).
a `name-tab, ie one sewn into clothes, etc 名字標簽(縫在衣物等上的).
2 (US) bill1(1) (used esp in the expressionshown) 帳單(尤用於下列示例)
pick up (ie pay) the tab 付款.
3 (idm 習語) keep a tab/tabs on sth/sb (infml 口) keep account of sth/sb; keep sth/sb under observation 記入某事物[某人]的帳; 監視某事物[某人]
keep tabs on who's using the phone 記錄打電話的人名. TAB (also Tab) / 9ti
eI 5bi:; 9ti e `bi/ abbr 縮寫 = typhoid-paratyphoid A and B vaccine 傷寒 副傷寒甲和乙菌苗
have a Tab injection 注射傷寒 副傷寒甲、 乙預防針.
?? 擴展釋義
*[t?b]n. 制表(鍵), 搭襻, 標號, 調整片, (易拉罐)拉環, 帳單, 標簽, 制表符【計】 標簽, 制表符, TAB鍵【醫】 傷寒副傷寒菌苗相關詞組: keep tab on pick up the tab