Tube in spanish
pronunciation: tuboʊ part of speech: noun
tube1 = tubo.
Example: As the water passes through the sand, unwanted debris is removed and 'clean' water is picked up by tubes on the bottom of the filter.more:
» CRT (cathode ray tube) = TRC (tubo de rayos catódicos). [La parte de una pantalla de un monitor de ordenador o de una pantalla de televisión que presenta el texto o las imágenes]
Example: CRT is an acronym which stands for cathode ray tube.» digestive tube, the = aparato digestivo, el; tubo digestivo, el.
Example: The esophagus is the narrowest part of the digestive tube, and food spends only a few seconds traveling through it.» Fallopian tube = trompa de Falopio.
Example: But while under the anaesthetic her Fallopian tubes were removed without her consent.» fluorescent tube = tubo fluorescente.
Example: This article describes techniques for making laboratory glassware from discarded bottles, fluorescent tubes, and light bulbs.» go down + the tube = irse al traste, irse a pique, irse a la porra.
Example: No wonder their paper is going down the tube with their trashy reporting.» inner tube = cámara. [De un neumático]
Example: This article explains how to patch an inner tube from a bicycle tire.» pneumatic tube system = sistema de tubos neumáticos. [Red de tubos que algunas grandes empresas utilizan para transportar pequeños objetos rápidamente de una parte del edificio a otra colocándolos en recipientes apropiados que se insertan en los tubos y desplazándolos mediante corrientes de aire]
Example: Pneumatic tube systems are not really suitable for transporting books but are excellent for request forms.» test tube = probeta, tubo de ensaño.
Example: Colour intensity was compared by means of test tubes.» thermionic tube = lámpara termiónica.
Example: A spider web of metal, sealed in a thin glass container, a wire heated to brilliant glow, in short, the thermionic tube of radio sets is made by the hundred million, tossed about in packages, plugged into sockets -- and it works!.» torpedo tube = tubo lanzatorpedos.
Example: She was the only ship fitted with torpedo tubes, instead of torpedo launchers, during the war.» tubeless = sin cámara.
Example: Fixing a tubeless wheelbarrow tire is fairly easy, if you know how, and can mean the difference between completed a job or leaving it half done.tube, the2 = televisión, la.
Example: And we can't do it if we're again slavishly and uncritically, for reasons of imagined cost savings, accepting every damn thing that comes out of the tube.tube, the3 = metro, el.
Example: If you look at the tube map northbound is up, southbound is down, eastbound is right and westbound is left.more:
» tube worker = trabajador del metro.
Example: A tube worker was shocked to wake up to find a fox trying to tug at his trousers legs after he fell asleep at a bus stop following a heavy night out.