1 [U] a strong substance that can be stretched and does not allow water to pass through it, used for making tyres, boots, etc. Rubber is made from the juice of a tropical tree or is produced using chemicals 橡胶:
a rubber ball橡皮球rubber gloves橡皮手套foam rubber泡沫橡胶
2 [C] (especially US 尤为美 eraser) a small piece of rubber that you use for removing pencil marks from paper; soft material used for removing chalk marks or pen marks from a board (用来擦掉铅笔笔迹的)橡皮;(用来擦掉板上粉笔或笔迹的)板擦
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rubber1/ˋrʌbɚ; ˈrʌbə/n 1 [U] a strong substance used to make tyres, boots etc that is made from the juice of a tropical tree or chemicals 橡胶﹔合成橡胶: The seal is made of rubber . 这个图章是橡皮做的。2 [C] BrE 【英】a) a small piece of rubber used to remove pencil marks from paper [ eraser AmE 【美】] 橡皮(擦)see picture at见 CLASSROOM 图b) a piece of wood or plastic with soft material on one side used to remove marks from a BLACKBOARD [ eraser AmE 【美】] 黑板擦3 [C] informal a CONDOM 【非正式】避孕套
rubber2adj made of rubber 橡胶做的: rubber gloves 橡胶手套a rubber ball 皮球see picture at见 MATERIAL1 图
rubberrubberrubbersnoun1(no plural) a strong material that we use to make things like car tyres2 (pluralrubbers) (British) (Americaneraser)a small piece of rubber that you use for taking away marks that you have made with a pencil