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tab1 /tæb/ noun [countableC]

1 in typing 打字

a) TCa tab key 制表键，跳格键

n b) a set position in a line of writing that you get to by pressing the tab key

2 money that you owe 所欠的钱PAY FOR 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.

我把它记在你账上，你可以明天付钱。

He ran up a $4,000 tab in long-distance calls.

他打了4,000美元的长途电话。

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3 pick up the tab PAY FORto 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.

纳税人将承担建造体育馆的费用。

Examples from the Corpus

pick up the tab• We all went out to dinner, and Adam picked up the tab.• When the check comes, the lobbyists almost always pick up the tab.• Often, the book publisher, not the author, picks up the tab.• Usually the book publisher, not the author, picks up the tab for a publicity tour.• Thus, port officials argue, the city should have picked up the tab for fixing the recently revealed environmental problems.• I wonder to myself as I pick up the tab for breakfast.• Normally, developers paying a barrister to represent them at an inquiry must pick up the tab.• He wouldn't pick up the tab for anyone else.• Airlines will have to pick up the tab for new safety regulations.• In addition, my company will pick up the tab for all legal and moving expenses.

4 to open 打开

a) especially American EnglishAmEDFDT a small piece of metal that you pull to open a can of drink 〔易拉罐的〕拉环 SYN British English ring pull

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

5 small piece of paper/plastic etc 一小片纸/塑料等D a small piece of paper, cloth, plastic etc that sticks out from the edge of something, so that you can find it more easily 〔凸出于某物边缘、方便查找的〕标签，检索凸舌

an index tab labeled ‘Expenses’

标着“支出”字样的检索标签

6. (also license tab) a small piece of sticky plastic with a date on it that you put on your car’s license plate in the US to show that the car is legally allowed on the road 〔在美国允许车辆合法上路的〕车牌标贴

7 keep (close) tabs on somebody/something informalWATCH to watch someone or something carefully to check what they are doing 密切注意某人/某事物，监视某人的一举一动

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。

Examples from the Corpus

keep (close) tabs on somebody/something• They patrol land and keep tabs on the gangs after tip offs from gamekeepers and farmers.• Anne Dickson, a local politician, said people had been keeping tabs on Hamilton for years.• About the world Lenny Wilkens has been keeping tabs on world events, and one thing is clear.• He keeps tabs on everyone in the building.• We try to keep close tabs on our boys in blue.• If she asked, he would accuse her of nagging, of wanting to keep tabs on him.• Although so little was heard from them, those who kept tabs on them were convinced that they were slowly fading away.• A psychologist will keep tabs on teams of youngsters and will stop the operation if they show signs of stress.• But trappers will keep tabs on the extra traps until February, officials said.

8 drug 毒品 informalMDD a form of the illegal drug LSD or ecstasy 〔迷幻药等毒品的〕丸，片

a tab of acid

一片迷幻药

9. cigarette 香烟 British EnglishBrE informalDFT a cigarette 香烟

n10 Internet one of a number of web pages you have open at the same time

Do you want to close all tabs or the current tab?

Examples from the Corpus

tab• In just two days, she'd run up a bar tab of $175.• He ordered dinner and asked for it to be put on his tab.• Our tab for the meal came to just $48.• Since insurers pick up about 55 percent of the tab, the premiums they charge drivers are steep, and getting steeper.• The bride's father paid the tab for the party.

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