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Definition of jerrycan in English: jerrycan(also jerrican) nounˈdʒɛrɪkanˈdʒɛriˌkæn A large flat-sided metal container for storing or transporting liquids, typically petrol or water. 五加仑桶（多为装油、水用） Example sentencesExamples - Others are returning from wells dug by humanitarian non-governmental organizations with plastic jerrycans filled with water.
- In one instance while inching their way along a wall with a ‘jerrican ‘of water, the person carrying the can leaned on a wall that wasn't there and fell right through.
- The vehicle was loaded with four-and-a-half-gallon jerrycans which had to be transported from different fuel points at the rear.
- The dog was being walked by his two owners when he came across a jerrycan of flammable liquid that was wired to several sticks of dynamite.
- Children and adults, including elderly men and women, filled jerricans and other containers with water.
- When he completed the program and came back here the parents gave him a jerrycan full of petrol.
- In media criticism terms, this is twenty M80s, half a jerrican of gas, ten packs of sparklers and a six-pack of Pop Rocks - all waiting for a spark.
- If you've never fetched water, known how heavy the jerrycans can be, how each drop is precious, you can't really enjoy a bubble-bath.
- The shipping containers with their remaining plastic jerricans are still leaking and have been put in a specially constructed isolation area within the port.
- En route to a hotel, we handed out sparkling new cooking pots and jerrycans to bemused beggars.
- A jerrycan of water with a capacity of 18 litres weighs 20 kilos.
- The cargo was contained in hundreds of plastic jerrycans, ten of which had spilled, contaminating a considerable area of Djibouti port.
- With bottled water in short supply, many residents turned to the next best thing: large plastic jerrycans, which they planned to fill with tap water.
- Extra fuel tanks may need to be fitted together with spare jerricans.
OriginSecond World War: from Jerry + can2, because such containers were first used in Germany. Definition of jerrycan in US English: jerrycan(also jerrican, jerry can) nounˈdʒɛriˌkænˈjerēˌkan A large, flat-sided metal container for storing or transporting liquids, typically gasoline or water. 五加仑桶（多为装油、水用） Example sentencesExamples - The dog was being walked by his two owners when he came across a jerrycan of flammable liquid that was wired to several sticks of dynamite.
- In one instance while inching their way along a wall with a ‘jerrican ‘of water, the person carrying the can leaned on a wall that wasn't there and fell right through.
- The shipping containers with their remaining plastic jerricans are still leaking and have been put in a specially constructed isolation area within the port.
- The cargo was contained in hundreds of plastic jerrycans, ten of which had spilled, contaminating a considerable area of Djibouti port.
- En route to a hotel, we handed out sparkling new cooking pots and jerrycans to bemused beggars.
- Extra fuel tanks may need to be fitted together with spare jerricans.
- With bottled water in short supply, many residents turned to the next best thing: large plastic jerrycans, which they planned to fill with tap water.
- When he completed the program and came back here the parents gave him a jerrycan full of petrol.
- If you've never fetched water, known how heavy the jerrycans can be, how each drop is precious, you can't really enjoy a bubble-bath.
- The vehicle was loaded with four-and-a-half-gallon jerrycans which had to be transported from different fuel points at the rear.
- In media criticism terms, this is twenty M80s, half a jerrican of gas, ten packs of sparklers and a six-pack of Pop Rocks - all waiting for a spark.
- Others are returning from wells dug by humanitarian non-governmental organizations with plastic jerrycans filled with water.
- A jerrycan of water with a capacity of 18 litres weighs 20 kilos.
- Children and adults, including elderly men and women, filled jerricans and other containers with water.
OriginSecond World War: from Jerry + can, because such containers were first used in Germany. |