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tintInn(a container made from) a silvery-coloured metal锡a tin tray [U]一个锡盘a tin whistle [U]一个锡哨子If you go to Cornwall, you can visit the old tin mines. [U]如果你去康沃尔，你可以参观旧锡矿。(Br and Aus) A tin (also tin can, can) is a small closed metal container, usually cylindrical, in which food or other substances are sold.（英，澳）罐头，听（用于出售）a tin of soup [C]一罐子汤a tin of paint [C]一罐子油漆Do you want pineapple juice in a tin or a carton? [C]你要听装的还是盒装的菠萝汁？When you pack the shopping, don't put all the tins in one bag or it'll make it too heavy. [C]在把所买的东西打包时，不要把所有的罐头都放在一个袋子里，否则会使袋子太沉重了。A tin is also a metal container, usually with a lid, esp. used for storing food, or a metal container without a lid (esp. Am pan) used for cooking.（有盖的）罐头（用于储藏）; （无盖的）烤模a biscuit/cake tin (= containers used for storing biscuits/cakes) [C]一个饼干/糕点听a loaf/cake tin (= containers used for cooking bread/cakes). [C]一个长面包/蛋糕烤模(Br and Aus) A tin (esp. Am can) is also the contents of a tin or the amount of something a tin contains.罐头里装的东西; 听（量词）The children ate two tins of beans. [C]孩子们吃了两听豆。We used four tins of paint when we painted the ceiling. [C]我们漆天花板时用了四罐油漆。Tin foil is shiny metallic material, as thin as paper, which is used esp. for wrapping food in order to store it or cook it.锡箔，锡纸He wrapped his sandwiches in tin foil.他用锡纸包起了他的三明治。If you cover the meat with tin foil before you put it in the oven, that will help seal in the juices.如果你在把肉放进烤炉之前先给肉包上锡箔纸，会有助于不让肉汁流掉。(infml disapproving) A (little) tin god is a person who is considered to be, or behaves as if they are, more important than they really are.被盲目崇拜的人; 自以为了不起的小人(infml) A tin hat is a protective metal hat worn by soldiers.钢盔(Br and Aus) I can't get this tin-opener (also esp. Am can-opener) (= a device for opening tins of food) to work.我使唤不了这个开罐器。(infml) Tin Pan Alley is sometimes used to refer to the people who write, perform and produce popular music, esp. in the first half of the 20th century.流行音乐作曲家(infml) He works for some tin-pot little organization (= one which is not important and has little worth).他为一些无足轻重的小机构工作。A tin whistle is a small musical instrument consisting of a thin metal tube which the player blows down. The tube has holes in it, which are covered or left open in order to play different notes.小笛; 哨
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