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单词 rubber
释义
rubber
(rʌbəʳ )
Word forms: rubbers
1. uncountable noun B2
Rubber is a strong, waterproof, elastic substance made from the juice of a tropical tree or produced chemically. It is used for making tyres, boots, and other products.
...the smell of burning rubber.
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B2
Rubber things are made of rubber.
...rubber gloves.
...a rubber ball.
3. countable noun A2
A rubber is a small piece of rubber or other material that is used to remove mistakes that you have made while writing or drawing. [British]
regional note:   in AM, use eraser
4. countable noun
A rubber is a condom. [US, informal]
5. countable noun
In some card games, for example bridge or whist, a rubber is a match of three games.
Let's have a few rubbers of bridge.
Collocations:
rubber pipe
We used a rubber pipe to make a fire and tried to cook the leather in an empty [porridge] can.
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This was easily corrected by the use of a rubber pipe.
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The police find a length of rubber pipe stained with soot.
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The rubber pipes you speak of are known as leak-off pipes and usually fail first, so your dealer did the right thing.
Times, Sunday Times
Engine coolant flows through it via two rubber pipes — one in, one out — and a fan blows air through it into the cabin.
Times, Sunday Times
rubber sole
Most of these boots have thick, ribbed rubber soles, but feature so many laces and zips that they must be a pain to get on and off.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She wore simple cloth shoes with rubber soles because she could not afford trainers.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
rubber spatula
Stir with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon until the egg begins to set.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Pour the mixture into the pan and stir gently with a rubber spatula.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Pour egg mixture into the pan and use rubber spatula to stir and loosen from the edge.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Sift the cornflour into the egg whites, folding them together with a rubber spatula.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I use a rubber spatula as it gives better control over consistency than the rounded end of a wooden spoon.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
rubber tread
High performance street tires sometimes sacrifice wet weather handling by having shallower water channels to provide more actual rubber tread surface area for dry weather performance.
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Manufacturers now offer wading boots with special rubber treads or metal studs.
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The robots were battery operated, and had wheels with rubber treads to propel themselves across the floor.
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rubber tyre
More importantly, can you kick a ball through a rubber tyre from a travelling barge?
Times, Sunday Times
Locals and tourists like to lunch alfresco, listen to live jazz and watch cyclists as they wobble down lanes more suited to cart wheel than rubber tyre.
Times, Sunday Times
And nobody was more amused than he when a rubber tyre that he had to roll across the front of the stage fell one night into the orchestra pit.
Times, Sunday Times
It had one front wheel, with solid rubber tyre, and two large rear wheels like a modern tractor.
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Most are now rented from farms, but the organisers accept that wooden wheels have often been replaced with rubber tyres which have to be camouflaged.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 橡皮, 橡皮
Japanese: ゴム, 消しゴム
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