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（橡膠或塑料制的）水管，水龍帶
A hose is a long, flexible pipe made of rubber or plastic. Water is directed through a hose in order to do things such as put out fires, clean cars, or water gardens.
例句
You've left the garden hose on...
你忘了關花園里的水管了。
The firemen unwrapped their hoses and began dousing the scorched grain silos.
消防員展開水龍帶，開始沖著燒焦的谷倉噴水。
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（引導液體或氣體的）橡膠（或塑料）軟管，導管
A hose is a pipe made of rubber or plastic, along which a liquid or gas flows, for example from one part of an engine to another.
例句
Water in the engine compartment is sucked away by a hose.
發動機艙里的水由一條軟管抽走。
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用水管沖洗（或澆灌）
If you hose something, you wash or water it using a hose.
例句
We wash our cars and hose our gardens without even thinking of the water that uses.
我們洗車和澆灌花園時根本就沒有想過用了多少水。
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襪類（包括連褲襪、長筒襪、短襪）
Hose is used to refer to tights, socks, and stockings.
例句
If you have varicose veins, consider wearing elastic support hose.
如果患了靜脈曲張，可以考慮穿彈力護腿襪。
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（舊式的）男式緊身褲
Hose is an old-fashioned men's garment that looks like a pair of very tight trousers.