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TB
铽
a metallic element of the rare-earth group, used in lasers; occurs in some rare-earth minerals
此义指化学元素铽（符号 Tb）。
- 1.
a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite
稀土金属元素；用于激光器；存在于磷灰石、独居石、铈钇矿和钇铌矿中
- 2.
infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
通过吸入或摄入结核杆菌传播的感染,表现为发热和小病灶(通常在肺部,但在急性阶段可在身体其他部位)
- 3.
a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bits
等于1000千兆位或10^12(1,000,000,000,000)位的信息单位
稀土金属元素；用于激光器；存在于磷灰石、独居石、铈钇矿和钇铌矿中；通过吸入或摄入结核杆菌传播的感染,表现为发热和小病灶(通常在肺部,但在急性阶段可在身体其他部位)；等于1000千兆位或10^12(1,000,000,000,000)位的信息单位；结核；肺结核
In use
The portable drive I bought has 2 tb of space, which is enough for my video projects.
Our backup system stores about 40 tbs of log files every month, so we need more servers.
Before downloading the dataset, check that your hard drive has at least 10 tb free.
be diagnosed with TB
TB 是 tuberculosis（结核病）的常用缩写，正式文体中通常大写。
He was diagnosed with TB after a chest X-ray.
他在胸部X光检查后被诊断出患有肺结核。
die of TB
表示死于某种疾病时常用 die of；医学语境中 TB 指结核病。
Before antibiotics, many people died of TB.
在抗生素出现之前，许多人死于肺结核。
[number] TB of [noun]
在计算领域，TB 是 terabyte（太字节）的缩写。
Connections
Collocations
- pulmonary TB
- 肺结核
- Pulmonary TB can damage the lungs if left untreated.肺结核如果不治疗，可能会损害肺部。
- TB treatment
- 结核病治疗
- He completed his TB treatment on time.他按时完成了结核病治疗。
- drug-resistant TB
- 耐药结核病
- Drug-resistant TB is harder to cure than ordinary TB.耐药结核病比普通结核病更难治愈。
- TB test
- 结核病检查
- The nurse gave me a TB test before I started work at the hospital.护士在我开始在医院工作前给我做了结核病检查。
- TB of storage
- 太字节（万亿字节）存储容量
- This external hard drive has two TB of storage.这个移动硬盘的存储容量为两太字节（万亿字节）。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Tb（大写 T 小写 b）是元素铽；TB（两个都大写）是肺结核/太字节。记住：大小写不同，意思不同。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：医学语境：结核病、计算机语境：太字节 tb 是缩写，通常写作 TB，读作 /ˌtiːˈbiː/。在医学语境多指结核病，在计算机语境多指太字节；本身没有明显的正式或口语之分，主要由使用领域决定。正式文本中通常先写全称再使用缩写。
Pronunciation & Spelling
“tb” is pronounced as two letters: /ˈtiˌbi/, so it rhymes with words ending in the /iː/ sound, such as bee, key, tea, see, tree, free. Be careful with lookalikes like “tab” (/tæb/) and “tub” (/tʌb/), which share the “t_b” spelling but sound completely different.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.