Significato di “tank” nel dizionario inglese

“tank” in inglese

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tanknoun [ C ]

uk /tæŋk/ us /tæŋk/

tank noun [ C ] (CONTAINER)

C2 a container that holds liquid or gas:

a water tank
a fuel/petrol tank

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tank noun [ C ] (POOL)

Indian English an artificial pool or lake, especially a lake for supplying water to an area

tankverb [ I ]

uk /tæŋk/ us /tæŋk/ informal

(Definizione di “tank” dal Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

“tank” in inglese americano

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tanknoun [ C ]

us /tæŋk/

tank noun [ C ] (CONTAINER)

a container that holds liquid or gas:

a water tank
fuel/gas/oxygen tanks
a fish tank

tank noun [ C ] (VEHICLE)

(Definizione di “tank” dal Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

“tank” in inglese per gli affari

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tanknoun [ C ]

uk /tæŋk/ us

a container for holding liquid or gas:

a fuel/gas/propane tank

the contents of a tank, or the amount that it will hold:

a tank of sth The car can be driven 500 miles on a single 10-gallon tank of gas.
in the tank

informal US in a very bad state or situation, especially because of being too low in price, value, etc.:

People will not agree to this sort of spending if the economy is in the tank.
It is not surprising that the company's shares are in the tank, recently hitting a 52-week low of 15.40.

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tankverb [ I ]

uk /tæŋk/ us informal

to suddenly begin to have serious problems, especially by falling a lot in price, value, etc.:

The state was expecting an increase in tax revenues, but that was before the economy tanked.
Car exports in the year to April tanked 23%.

(Definizione di “tank” dal Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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