tube

tubo

Objeto largo, redondo y hueco, usado a menudo para transportar aire o líquidos.

En inglés sencillo: A long, hollow object with a round shape, often used to carry air or liquid.

• Water flows through the tube.
• The machine has several thin plastic tubes.
• Connect this tube to the pump before switching it on.

Sinónimos: pipe, tubing

Expresiones frecuentes: plastic tube, glass tube, through a tube

tubo

Envase alargado que se aprieta para sacar una sustancia blanda, como pasta de dientes o crema.

En inglés sencillo: A long container that you squeeze to get out a soft substance, such as toothpaste or cream.

• This tube of toothpaste is empty.
• She squeezed paint from the tube.
• Put the cap back on both tubes.

Cómo se usa: a tube of something (I bought a tube of hand cream.)

Expresiones frecuentes: tube of toothpaste, tube of cream, squeeze the tube

metro de Londres

Red de trenes de Londres que circulan principalmente bajo sus calles.

En inglés sencillo: The train system that runs mainly below the streets of London.

• We took the tube home.
• The nearest tube station is five minutes away.
• Which tube line goes to the museum?

Cómo se usa: by tube (We travelled across London by tube.)

Sinónimos: London Underground, Underground

Expresiones frecuentes: take the tube, tube station, tube map

descender en flotador

Flotar río abajo o deslizarse por el agua sentado en un gran aro de goma.

En inglés sencillo: To float along a river or ride on water while sitting in a large rubber ring.

• We tube here every summer.
• They tubed down the river together.
• Have you ever tubed through rapids?

Cómo se usa: tube down something (We tubed down the river on a warm afternoon.)

Expresiones frecuentes: tube downriver, tube downstream, tube on something

envasar en tubos, entubar

Introducir algo en un recipiente largo y hueco, o colocarle un tubo.

En inglés sencillo: To put something inside a long, hollow container, or fit it with such a container.

• This machine tubes the cream.
• Workers tubed the lipstick before packing it.
• The samples must be tubed and sealed for transport.

Expresiones frecuentes: tube the cream, tube the samples, tube the product

intubar

Introducir un tubo en la garganta de una persona para ayudarla a respirar.

En inglés sencillo: To put a breathing pipe into a person's throat to help them breathe.

• They had to tube the patient.
• The doctor tubed him when his breathing stopped.
• She was tubed before being connected to a ventilator.

Sinónimos: intubate

Antónimos: extubate

Expresiones frecuentes: tube the patient, tube someone immediately, tube someone urgently