tank

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

tank UK US [tæŋk] noun countable [ tanks ]
 
CONTAINER

1. <A > a container which holds liquid or gas
• a water tank
• a fuel/petrol tank
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Containers for liquids and gases
 
• We'll have to get a plumber in to look at that water tank.
• There was a tank of live lobsters in the restaurant.
• Liquid and solid waste is collected in the tank.
• Oil was trickling from a tiny hole in the tank.
• The car blew up when flames reached its fuel tank.
 
VEHICLE

2. <A > a large military fighting vehicle built to protect those inside it from attack, which is driven by wheels which turn inside moving metal belts
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Army and military vehicles
 
• He was killed when his tank ran over a mine.
• The gun fires a shell capable of piercing the armour of an enemy tank.
• The second projectile exploded after hitting a tank.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cooler, tank car, tankful, storage tank, army tank, armored combat vehicle, armoured combat vehicle