"tars" in Chinese (Simplified)
焦油（复数罕见）
Definition
“tars” 是 “tar”的复数，一种由木材或煤炭燃烧得到的浓稠黏稠黑色液体，多用于铺路或防水。偶尔，“tars”也指代水手（俚语，已过时）。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
“tars” 这个词在表示物质时几乎不用复数，通常“tar”视为不可数名词。表示“水手”时为过时俚语，只在历史/海事语境偶见。
Examples
Road workers use tars to fix potholes in the street.
工人们用**焦油**修补街道上的坑洞。
The barrels contained different kinds of tars.
桶里装有不同种类的**焦油**。
Old ships were coated in tars to make them waterproof.
旧船用**焦油**涂层防水。
You rarely hear sailors called 'tars' these days.
现在你很少听到有人用“**tars**”指水手。
The museum displayed samples of industrial tars from the 19th century.
博物馆展出了十九世纪的工业**焦油**样本。
If you say 'tars' in a conversation, most people will be confused.
如果你在对话中说“**tars**”，大多数人会听不懂。