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单词 tin can
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Definition of tin can in English:

tin can

noun
  • A can for preserving food.

    we found a tin can and filled it with water
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Stoked with Winchester Power Points, it will place all eight chambers in one inch at 25 yards, or roll a tin can, or bag a rabbit if it's standing still.
    • Toby walked back to the kitchen, quickly scraped some dog food out of a tin can into Bucky's dish, and placed it on the floor.
    • There were times that I thought New York and Chicago radio broadcasters talked through a tin can to get a special audio effect to their broadcasts.
    • The monkey tossed the paper cup and the tin can into the organ grinder's hands and grabbed the organ.
    • I'm in my car, thrown aside in the car park like an old tin can.
    • But we needed the dark of the night for his plan so we picked up an old tin can from a metal dumpster near the Purina Dog Chow Company and we killed some time playing one-on-one soccer with it beside the rail yards.
    • Besides a Frisbee, the novelties they offered her included plastic rings, a shoe, a bucket, and a tin can.
    • My dad entertained Callum with an array of musical instruments: a guitar, piano, organ, harmonica, and a tin can.
    • Tulips, like daisies, look at home in any type of container: from the silliest tin can to the prettiest crystal vase.
    • Soon coffee was prepared and served, just as it would be in any village home, except that the beans were crushed in a tin can with a crowbar.
    • We placed a tin can containing water several meters from the feeder.
    • The only other thing you needed was a tin can filled with nuts and bolts, spray-painted black.
    • Of course, the football landscape has changed since Gray was kicking a tin can about the streets of Drumchapel, Glasgow, and dreaming of becoming the next Colin Stein.
    • Put a handful of hide glue granules in an old tin can and allow it to soak overnight in just enough cold water to cover it.
    • She grinned as she stuffed some leftover food left out into a tin can.
    • Old Mr. Driscoll took up a newly-made tin can and began to polish it with a soft rag.
    • Students who could mount cheap directional antennae on their roofs and point them at DP would be able to connect to the campus network from all over the city with little more than a tin can, a bit of antenna cable and a wireless card.
    • A tin can balancing on the edge of a basketball cage mirrors the plights of two pairs of individuals whose lives will only now cross paths.
    • From the sales assistants who insist on putting a pen into my right hand every time I have to sign a credit card receipt, to the daily struggle that is opening a tin can, make no mistake - we live in a right-handed world.
    • Until recently, there's been the odd tin can or a bit of rubbish, but there's been nothing like this at all.

Definition of tin can in US English:

tin can

nounˌtɪn ˈkænˌtin ˈkan
  • 1A tinplate or aluminum container for preserving food, especially an empty one.

    (尤指空的)马口铁(或铝制)食物罐

    we found a tin can and filled it with water
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Students who could mount cheap directional antennae on their roofs and point them at DP would be able to connect to the campus network from all over the city with little more than a tin can, a bit of antenna cable and a wireless card.
    • The monkey tossed the paper cup and the tin can into the organ grinder's hands and grabbed the organ.
    • She grinned as she stuffed some leftover food left out into a tin can.
    • There were times that I thought New York and Chicago radio broadcasters talked through a tin can to get a special audio effect to their broadcasts.
    • Toby walked back to the kitchen, quickly scraped some dog food out of a tin can into Bucky's dish, and placed it on the floor.
    • Soon coffee was prepared and served, just as it would be in any village home, except that the beans were crushed in a tin can with a crowbar.
    • My dad entertained Callum with an array of musical instruments: a guitar, piano, organ, harmonica, and a tin can.
    • The only other thing you needed was a tin can filled with nuts and bolts, spray-painted black.
    • Until recently, there's been the odd tin can or a bit of rubbish, but there's been nothing like this at all.
    • Stoked with Winchester Power Points, it will place all eight chambers in one inch at 25 yards, or roll a tin can, or bag a rabbit if it's standing still.
    • We placed a tin can containing water several meters from the feeder.
    • I'm in my car, thrown aside in the car park like an old tin can.
    • But we needed the dark of the night for his plan so we picked up an old tin can from a metal dumpster near the Purina Dog Chow Company and we killed some time playing one-on-one soccer with it beside the rail yards.
    • Tulips, like daisies, look at home in any type of container: from the silliest tin can to the prettiest crystal vase.
    • Put a handful of hide glue granules in an old tin can and allow it to soak overnight in just enough cold water to cover it.
    • Of course, the football landscape has changed since Gray was kicking a tin can about the streets of Drumchapel, Glasgow, and dreaming of becoming the next Colin Stein.
    • From the sales assistants who insist on putting a pen into my right hand every time I have to sign a credit card receipt, to the daily struggle that is opening a tin can, make no mistake - we live in a right-handed world.
    • A tin can balancing on the edge of a basketball cage mirrors the plights of two pairs of individuals whose lives will only now cross paths.
    • Besides a Frisbee, the novelties they offered her included plastic rings, a shoe, a bucket, and a tin can.
    • Old Mr. Driscoll took up a newly-made tin can and began to polish it with a soft rag.
    1. 1.1US nautical slang A destroyer or a submarine.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This proximity is reflected in the claustrophobic look of U - 571, which gives you an idea of what a pack of sweaty men must feel like trapped in a flimsy tin can, straining to hear the sonar beep that means certain death.
      • Then all we have to do is have your ship dock with us and we can be off this tin can!
      • She was genuinely concerned for Rick, whether it was because he was the one getting her out of this floating tin can or she already cared for him enough to be worried.
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