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canister

/kan-uh-ster/US // ˈkæn ə stər //UK // (ˈkænɪstə) //

罐子,罐头,罐体,筒子

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
    • : Also called canister shot . case shot.
    • : the part of a gas mask containing the neutralizing substances through which poisoned air is filtered.

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Examples

  • As law enforcement moved protesters off the Capitol steps with flash bangs and canisters that released irritants, several demonstrators charged the officers.

  • Amazon’s latest Echo looks markedly different—like an oversize shot put rather than the canister design of its predecessor.

  • In January 2019, Deep Isolation proved that canisters could not only be sent underground but also retrieved, should the DOE manage to create a permanent repository elsewhere at some later point and want to transfer material there.

  • Lindsay Krall, a geochemist who researches nuclear waste burial at Stanford University, worries that the company’s canisters wouldn’t be buried deep enough to prevent waste from leaking into the biosphere.

  • The waste would be stored in canisters, which would make it easy to retrieve and move once a permanent repository is finally decided upon.

  • On another, Garrison said he handed a doctor a bottle of wine in a canister packed with $100 bills.

  • The idea is fairly simple: take a sealed metal canister and fill it with radio waves, which are a low-energy form of light.

  • We were filming the ceasefire line when some jerk threw a teargas canister in the air.

  • When they got a clear shot, they fired a teargas canister directly at his upper body.

  • Or Mustafa Tamimi, who died when a soldier shot a tear gas canister directly at his face from only a few yards' distance.

  • The reveillée of the sleeping Mexicans was the discharge of our two field-pieces loaded with canister.

  • This time they were not met by the cavalrymen alone, but the cannon belched forth its deadly charge of canister in their faces.

  • Quick as thought, the two cannon were run forward and a storm of canister swept the bushes.

  • The gunners at the batteries were quick to respond, and sent grape and canister across the stream.

  • Birney wheeled his batteries into position, and opened with canister, and the Rebels fled to the shelter of the woods.