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n.

A. [U] 橡胶，合成橡胶 [an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products]

There are a lot of rubber plantations in this region. 这个地区有许多橡胶园。

B. 橡皮，黑板擦 [an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber), commonly mounted at one end of a pencil]

You may use a rubber when you correct your mistakes on the paper.

当你在纸上修改错误的时候有可能用到橡皮。

My classmate borrowed my rubber and forgot to return it. 我的同学借了我的橡皮忘了还。

C. 橡胶鞋 (a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow)

You’d better wear rubbers, for it’s raining. 天在下雨，你最好穿上橡胶套鞋。

Rubber boots are impervious to water. 橡胶鞋是防水的。

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复数：rubbers