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tabs

/tab/US // tæb //UK // (tæb) //

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n.名词 noun
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    • : a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
    • : a tag or label.
    • : a small projection from a card, paper, or folder, used as an aid in filing.
    • : Informal. a bill, as for a meal in a restaurant; check: That dinner went way over my budget, so I was relieved when she offered to pick up the tab.a list of accruing costs, as drinks ordered in a bar: Go ahead and order another round of beers—we’ve got a running tab.
    • : a small piece attached or intended to be attached, as to an automobile license plate.
    • : a small flap or tongue of material used to seal or close the opening of a container.
    • : Also called tabulator, tab key . a key on a typewriter that moves the carriage, typing element, etc., a predetermined number of spaces, used for typing text in columns, for fixed indentations, etc.
    • : Also called tab key . a key on a computer keyboard that moves the cursor a predetermined number of spaces, used for keying text in columns or form fields, for fixed indentations, etc.
    • : Digital Technology. a page displayed by clicking on or selecting a user interface element that resembles a paper tab:The third tab in the spreadsheet list expenses.the display of this user interface element:I have too many tabs open in my browser right now.
    • : Theater. a small, often narrow, drop curtain, for masking part of the stage.tableau curtain.
    • : Aeronautics. a small airfoil hinged to the rear portion of a control surface, as to an elevator, aileron, or rudder.Compare trim tab.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    tabbed, tab·bing.

    • : to furnish or ornament with a tab or tabs.
    • : to name or designate.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    tabbed, tab·bing.

    • : to operate the tab function on a typewriter or computer.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • I got to work on all of it—and Epstein kept close tabs on me.

  • Who could approve of the FBI keeping tabs on nearly every notable writer in the country?

  • Turn all those unwieldy tabs into one manageable list with OneTab.

  • Researchers also are keeping tabs on Democratic rising stars, including Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, and the Castro brothers.

  • Do Israeli intelligence services not keep tabs on them and their families, their movements, speech and associations?

  • Radiation tabs protected the UN troops, but if a man lost his tab he was fair game for the claws, no matter what his uniform.

  • They unhooked four of the six tabs from the wall and donned them.

  • The professor removed, along with other impedimenta, his ear tabs, which were connected by a rubber cord.

  • I was very proud of the red tabs on Patricks collar, meaning so much.

  • Anyway, I've kept tabs on ye—I know as you've been meeting him—in a wood!