English Dictionary

tank

IPA（発音記号）

/tæŋk/

動詞

他動詞 俗語

To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.

日本語の意味

経済や株式市場などが急落する / 急激に失敗に終わる、衰退する / 急激に崩壊する、落ち込む

After the scandal broke, the company's stock began to tank, wiping out months of gains.

スキャンダルが発覚した後、その会社の株価は急落し、数か月分の上昇を消し去った。

意味（1）

To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.

He told me about all the odd jobs he'd taken after I was born, when Michigan's economy was tanking. For one, he crisscrossed the Midwest buying old carpets from dentists' offices.

意味（2）

(video games) To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently.

意味（3）

(transitive) To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.

Sometimes oils are tanked for months or years at a time (e.g., linseed oil).

意味（4）

To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.

Beforehand, Swedish [national ice hockey team] coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson had ruminated about tanking against Slovakia to avoid powerful Canada or the Czechs in the quarters [i.e., quarterfinals of the 2006 Winter Olympic tournament], telling Swedish television, One is cholera, the other the plague.

意味（5）

(fandom slang) To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.

Unless Bane can tank Helicarrier-busting explosions I'm not sure how he stands a chance.

意味（6）

(poker, slang) To contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank.

tanks （ present singular third-person ）

tanking （ participle present ）

tanked （ participle past ）

tanked （ past ）