rub‧ber S3 / rʌbə $ -ər / 名词

1 [不可数名词] a substance used to make tyres, boots etc, which is made from the juice of a tropical tree or artificially :

a rubber ball

2

[可数名词] British English

a) a small piece of rubber or similar material used for removing pencil marks from paper 同义词 eraser American English

b) an object used for cleaning marks from a blackboard 同义词 eraser American English

3 [可数名词] American English informal a condom

4 rubbers [复数形式] American English old-fashioned rubber shoes or boots that you wear over ordinary shoes when it rains or snows 同义词 galoshes

5 [可数名词] a series of games of bridge or cricket

6 [可数名词] the piece of white rubber where the pitcher (= person who throws the ball ) stands in a baseball game