tab
noun
verb
tæb noun
1
IN TYPING
打字
a TAB KEY 跳格键，制表键
2
MONEY THAT YOU OWE
所欠的钱
an amount of money that you owe, or a record of an amount of money that you owe 账款; 账目
The tab for the campaign was nearly $500 million.
活动的费用将近 5 亿美元。
I’ll put it on your tab and you can pay tomorrow.
我把它记在你的账上，你可以明天付款。
He ran up a $4000 tab in long-distance calls.
他打了 4000 美元的长途电话。
3
pick up the tab
to pay for something, especially when it is not your responsibility to pay 〔尤指代他人〕付账，承担费用
Taxpayers will pick up the tab for the stadium.
纳税人将承担建体育馆的费用。
4
TO OPEN
打开
a. a small piece of metal that you pull to open a can of drink b. a small piece of metal, plastic, or paper that you pull to open something 〔用于开启某物的金属、塑料或纸制的〕拉片，拉手 especially AmE BrE
5
SMALL PIECE OF PAPER/PLASTIC ETC
一小片纸/塑料等
a small piece of paper, cloth, plastic etc that sticks out from the edge of something, so that you can find it more easily 〔突出于某物边缘、方便查找的〕标签，检索凸舌
an index tab labeled ‘Blackman’
标着“布莱克曼”的检索标签
6
license tab
also 又作 a small piece of sticky plastic with a date on it that you put on your car’s LICENSE PLATE to show that the car is legally allowed on the road 〔允许车辆上路的〕车牌标贴 AmE
7
keep (close) tabs on sb/sth
to watch someone or something carefully to check what they are doing [非正式] 密切注意某人/某事物，监视某人的一举一动 informal
The police have been keeping tabs on Rogers since he got out of prison.
自从罗杰斯出狱以来，警察一直在严密监视他。
8
DRUG
毒品
a form of the illegal drug LSD or ECSTASY [非正式] 药片，药丸〔指毒品〕 informal
a tab of acid
一片迷幻药
9
CIGARETTE
香烟
a cigarette [英，非正式] 香烟 BrE informal
verb
10 to press the TAB KEY on a computer or TYPEWRITER 按制表键