"tars" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 焦油（複數極罕見）

Definition

“tars” 是 “tar”的複數，指一種由木材或煤炭燃燒製成的黑色黏稠液體，用於鋪路或防水。很少時，“tars”也用作對水手的舊式俚語稱呼。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“tars” 這個複數在表示物質時極為罕見，通常“tar”當不可數用。作為“水手”的俚語意味很過時，只在歷史或航海上下文出現。

Examples

Road workers use tars to fix potholes in the street.

工人用**焦油**來修補馬路上的坑洞。

The barrels contained different kinds of tars.

桶裡裝有不同種類的**焦油**。

Old ships were coated in tars to make them waterproof.

舊船用**焦油**塗層防水。

You rarely hear sailors called 'tars' these days.

現在你很少聽到有人用“**tars**”來叫水手。

The museum displayed samples of industrial tars from the 19th century.

博物館展出了十九世紀的工業**焦油**樣本。

If you say 'tars' in a conversation, most people will be confused.

如果你在對話中說“**tars**”，大多數人會聽不懂。