军事坦克：tank用法小结

I couldn't believe it, they steal the tank is to grab a 85 gramchips.

——Fast and Furious 

我简直不敢相信，他们偷坦克只是为了抢一个85克的芯片。

——《速度与激情》

一、下面我们来看看tank有几种含义

n.

1.大容器，大水槽 [C] a large container

Fill the tank with water.

把水槽灌满水。

2.满满一箱的容量 [C] the contents of a tank or the amount it will hold

I drove that town on one tank of petrol.

我开车到那个小镇用了一箱汽油。

3.坦克 [C] a military vehicle covered with strong metal and armed with guns. It can travel over very rough ground using wheels that move inside metal belts

He is a tank commander.

他是个坦克指挥官。

4.人工蓄水池 [C] an artificial pool, lake or reservoir

They are clearing out the tank.

他们正在刷洗蓄水池。

v.

1.【美】【俚】故意输掉 to lose a game, especially deliberately

She lost so quickly that we thought she had tanked.

她输得太快，我们都认为她是故意的。

2.打败 to suffer rapid decline, failure, or collapse

The manager got wind of a plan to tank Friday's game.

经理听说了一个准备打败周五比赛的计划。

二、下面我们来学习一下含有tank的常见短语 

gas tank

n.煤气筒,汽车之油箱

gasoline tank

n. 油箱

septic tank

n. 化粪池

storage tank

储油罐

tank car

n.油槽车,洒水车

三、学会tank的用法了吗？来做个小测试

We drove there and back on one _____ of petrol.

我们开车去那里来回用了一油箱汽油。