rubber

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1 [uncountableU]TI a substance used to make tyres, boots etc, which is made from the juice of a tropical tree or artificially 橡胶；合成橡胶

a rubber ball

橡皮球

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[countableC] British EnglishBrE

a) DHHa small piece of rubber or similar material used for removing pencil marks from paper 橡皮擦 SYN American English eraser

b) SESan object used for cleaning marks from a blackboard 黑板擦 SYN American English eraser

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3. [countableC] American EnglishAmE informalMB a condom 避孕套

4. rubbers [plural] American EnglishAmE old-fashionedDCC rubber shoes or boots that you wear over ordinary shoes when it rains or snows 橡胶套鞋〔雨天或雪天时套在平常穿的鞋子外面〕 SYN galoshes

5. [countableC]DGC a series of games of bridge or cricket 〔桥牌或板球的〕一盘

6. [countableC]DSG the piece of white rubber where the pitcher (=person who throws the ball) stands in a baseball game 〔棒球比赛中投手站的〕投手板

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rubber• Their bottoms are a rubber compound that provides better traction.• We just argued about it loudly and wore the T-shirts and big foam rubber fingers.• Sadler's used 1,900 square yards - made more impervious to the gas by an inner coat of rubber.• A mouthful of chocolate passed for breakfast before we forsook big boots for sticky rubber.• So he picked him up and took hint off the rubber runner and set him down on the sidewalk.

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