intubate (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[intubate 词源字典]
1610s, "to form into tubes," from in- (2) "in" + Latin tuba "tube" (see tuba) + -ate (2). Medical sense is from 1889. Related: Intubated; intubation.[intubate etymology, intubate origin, 英语词源]