tab

英 [tæb] 美 [tæb]
  • n. 标签;制表;帐单
  • vt. 给…贴标签
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tab 标签,签条

可能来自 tag,标签,记号。拼写比较 ruby,rouge.

tab (n.1)
"small flap or strip of material," c. 1600, possibly from a dialectal word, of uncertain origin. Often interchangeable with tag (n.1). Compare also Middle English tab "strap or string" (mid-15c.), Norwegian dialectal tave "piece of cloth, rag."
tab (n.2)
"account, bill, check," 1888, American English colloquial, probably a shortened form of tabulation or of tablet in the sense "a sheet for writing on." Figurative phrase keep a tab on is recorded from 1890.
tab (n.3)
1961, shortened form of tablet (especially one of sugar containing LSD). As an abbreviation of tabloid (newspaper) it is 1990s slang. As a short form of tabulator key of a typewriter (later computer) it is recorded from 1916.
tab (v.)
"designate, label, name," 1924, earlier "affix a tab to" 1872 (implied in tabbed), perhaps an alteration of tag (v.2). Related: Tabbing. Also see tab (n.1).
1. At least one estimate puts the total tab at $7 million.
至少有一个估价把总数定在了700万美元。

来自柯林斯例句

2. A stupid medical clerk had slipped the wrong tab on his X-ray.
一个蠢笨的医护人员一不留神在他的X光片上贴错了标签。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Pollard picked up the tab for dinner that night.
那天的晚饭是波拉德掏的钱。

来自柯林斯例句

4. One tab of Ecstasy costs at least £15.
一粒摇头丸至少卖15英镑。

来自柯林斯例句

5. Hang your coat up by the tab on the collar.
用衣服上的领襻把上衣挂起来.

来自《简明英汉词典》