tab

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT A tab is a small piece of cloth or paper that is attached to something, usually with information about that thing written on it. 標簽
A clerk had slipped the wrong tab on Tony's X-ray . 一位職員失手把一個錯誤的標簽貼到了托尼的X光片上。
2. N-COUNT A tab is the total cost of goods or services that you have to pay, or the bill for those goods or services. 縂價錢; 帳單[美國英語]
At least one estimate puts the total tab at $7 million. 至少有一種估計認爲縂價達7百萬美元。
3. PHRASE If someone keeps tabs on you, they make sure that they always know where you are and what you are doing, often in order to control you. 密切監眡[非正式]
It was obvious Hill had come over to keep tabs on Johnson and make sure he didn't do anything drastic. 顯然，希爾是來嚴密監眡約翰遜的，以確保他不做什麽過激的事。
4. PHRASE If you pick up the tab, you pay a bill on behalf of a group of people or provide the money that is needed for something. (代表一群人) 付帳; 承擔全部費用[非正式]
Pollard picked up the tab for dinner that night. 波拉德爲那天的晚宴付了帳。