tube

1. Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.

   a hollow cylindrical shape

2. An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances.

   A tube of toothpaste.

   Tube

   тю́бикtjúbik

   тю́бикtjúbyk, ту́баtúba

3. (UK, capitalized, colloquial, often)The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often the tube.)

   I took the tube to Waterloo and walked the rest of the way.

   He took the tube to Westminster and disappeared.

4. (Australia, slang)A tin can containing beer.

   ба́нкаbánka

5. A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.

6. (Canada, US, colloquial)A television. Compare cathode ray tube and picture tube.

7. (Scotland, slang)An idiot.

8. The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often the tube.)

   (UK, capitalized, colloquial, obsolete, often)One of the tubular tunnels of the London Underground.

1. He squeezed the toothpaste out of a tube.

   ruОн выдавил зубную пасту из тюбика.

   deEr presste Zahnpasta aus der Tube.

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2. You can't put toothpaste back in the tube.

   ruНевозможно затолкать зубную пасту обратно в тюбик.

   deMan kann Zahnpasta nicht wieder in die Tube tun.

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3. How many tubes of toothpaste did you buy?

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4. How long does a tube of toothpaste usually last you?

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5. Televisions with vacuum tubes are regarded as being behind the times.

   deFernseher mit Vakuumröhren werden als veraltet angesehen.

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