英语词汇“tab”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	tab
释义	tab I. \ˈtab, -aa(ə)b\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: origin unknown 1. a. : a short flap, loop, or other device projecting from an object to facilitate its identification or grasping: as (1) : the piece of leather to which a saddle girth is secured (2) dialect England : the tip of a shoelace (3) : a small hand grip < swung the musette around front and pulled open the tabs on it — R.O.Bowen > specifically : pull strap (4) : a small lettered guide affixed to the bottom of the notch of a thumb index or projecting from the edge of a page (5) : a projection from a card used as an aid in filing (6) : a margin on a stamp or sheet of stamps bearing an ornamentation or a descriptive or advertising inscription b. (1) : the collar insignia of a British army officer (2) Britain : staff officer c. (1) dialect chiefly England : a shoe latchet (2) : a small strap or flap fastening (as for a coat) stitched to a garment at one end and buttoned at the loose end (3) : a projecting metal strip or a key fitting into a slot (as for securing a roller to its mandrel) d. : a small insert, addition, or remnant < license plate tab > < shoe … reinforced at the toe and heel by metal tabs — William Duber > e. dialect England : dab < boys, as they followed the path above, could toss tabs of turf down her chimney — A.T.Quiller-Couch > f. : appendage, extension: as (1) : a small pendant or projecting part of a garment < tabs … are favorite trimmings, used at necklines — Women's Wear Daily > especially : one of a series of pendants forming a decorative border or edge (2) or tab·leau \ˈtaˌblō, ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷\ [tableau from tableau (I) ] : a narrow framed or unframed drop used especially for masking offstage spaces (3) : tag 3d(1) g. : a piece of leather with two finger holes and a slot for the arrow shaft worn by an archer to protect the drawing fingers h. : a small auxiliary airfoil hinged to a control surface (as to the trailing edge of an aileron, rudder, or elevator) to help stabilize an airplane in flight — called also trim tab 2. [partly short for table (I); partly from sense 1] a. : an itemized account or close surveillance : tally, watch < keep close tabs on both American and British publications — Bennett Cerf > < difficult to keep a tab on the nefarious activities of these people — R.G.Menzies > < a color styling service … keeps tabs on mass-market trends in color — Dun's Review > b. : a creditor's statement : bill, check < few merchants could afford to throw out all their fixtures and foot the tab for a … new floor setup — E.B.Weiss > < big spending, which includes … picking up the tab, as well as big tipping — John Bainbridge > c. : an incurred expense or market value : cost, price < 45 cents a pound, the tab at which the industry … hope butter will move quickly onto dinner tables — Wall Street Journal > < the tab for superhighways may run as high as 3 million dollars a mile — Changing Times > 3. [by shortening] a. : tabloid < farm tabs that sometimes go out with larger dailies — Lois M. Miller > < tab show, specializing in brief revues — R.L.Taylor > b. : tabulator < for typing tables, first set tabs to space the columns evenly > < run data cards through a tab > c. : tablet < two boxes of heat tabs — Paul Gallico > II. transitive verb (tabbed ; tabbed ; tabbing ; tabs) 1. : to furnish or ornament with tabs < when these cards are removed from the active list, they are tabbed according to group — American Business > < cuffed neckline is looped and tabbed at the side — Fashion Digest > 2. : to single out : name, designate, identify < the $14 million tabbed … for aid to school districts — Fortnight > < listeners have her tabbed as a chanteuse of the whispering school — Los Angeles (Calif.) Times > < someone once tabbed me the critic's critic — Ralph de Toledano > 3. [by shortening] : tabulate < tabbing up ballots — Time > < tab all lines except the first … and double-space — H.H.Smith & A.C.Lloyd > III. abbreviation 1. [New Latin tabella] lozenge 2. table 3. tabulate; tabulated
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