tab
[tæb]
n. 制(键), 搭襻, 标号, 调整片, (易罐)环, 帐单, 标签, 制符

[] 标签, 制符, TAB键

[医] 伤寒副伤寒菌苗



tab
tabbed, tabbing
[ noun ]

1. the bill in a restaurant

<noun.communication>
he asked the waiter for the check

2. sensationalist journalism

<noun.communication>

3. the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation

<noun.artifact>

4. a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it

<noun.artifact>
pull the tab to open the can
files with a red tab will be stored separately
the collar has a tab with a button hole
the filing cards were organized by cards having indexed tabs

5. a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

<noun.artifact>

Tab \Tab\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
1. The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a
buckle.

2. A tag. See {Tag}, 2.

3. A loop for pulling or lifting something.

4. A border of lace or other material, worn on the inner
front edge of ladies' bonnets.

5. A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a
series of pendent squares forming an edge or border.

6. a small projecting piece of a file folder, file card, or
similar sheet used in a filing system, on which a notation
is written to permit convenient search for the folder,
card, etc.
[PJC]

7. a bill or check for some purchase, as in a restaurant; as,
the salesman will pick up the tab.
[PJC]

8. a key on a typewriter or computer keyboard which advances
the carriage or curser to the next (preset) tab position;
-- used especially to type or print text or numbers in
columns.
[PJC]