tube

tube, tuyau

Objet long, creux et rond, souvent utilisé pour faire passer de l’air ou un liquide.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : pipe, tubing

Expressions courantes : plastic tube, glass tube, through a tube

tube

Récipient allongé que l’on presse pour faire sortir une substance molle, comme du dentifrice ou de la crème.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : a tube of something (I bought a tube of hand cream.)

Expressions courantes : tube of toothpaste, tube of cream, squeeze the tube

métro de Londres

Réseau de trains de Londres qui circulent principalement sous les rues.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : by tube (We travelled across London by tube.)

Synonymes : London Underground, Underground

Expressions courantes : take the tube, tube station, tube map

descendre en bouée

Se laisser porter par une rivière ou glisser sur l’eau, assis dans une grande bouée en caoutchouc.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : tube down something (We tubed down the river on a warm afternoon.)

Expressions courantes : tube downriver, tube downstream, tube on something

mettre en tube, tuber

Mettre quelque chose dans un récipient long et creux, ou l’équiper d’un tube.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : tube the cream, tube the samples, tube the product

intuber

Introduire un tube dans la gorge d’une personne pour l’aider à respirer.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : intubate

Contraires : extubate

Expressions courantes : tube the patient, tube someone immediately, tube someone urgently