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tin

/tin/US // tɪn //UK // (tɪn) //

罐头,锡,罐子,罐体

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
    • : tin plate.
    • : any shallow pan, especially one used in baking.
    • : any pot, box, can, or other container or vessel made of tin or tin plate.
    • : Squash. telltale.
    • : Chiefly British. a hermetically sealed can containing food.
    • : Slang. a small quantity of an illicit drug, especially from two to five grams of cocaine: usually sold in a small plastic bag, a glassine envelope, or often a small tin container.
    • : British Slang. money.
adj.形容词 adjective
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    • : made or consisting of tin or tin plate.
    • : false; worthless; counterfeit: a set of tin values.
    • : indicating the tenth event of a series, as a wedding anniversary.
v.有主动词 verb
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    tinned, tin·ning.

    • : Metallurgy. to cover or coat with tin.to coat with soft solder.
    • : Chiefly British. to preserve or pack in cans; can.
    • : to cover with sheets of tin to prevent vandalism or occupancy by vagrants, squatters, etc.

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Examples

  • The line right before this is “With little tin horns and little toy drums.”

  • The raw materials— tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold—were dubbed “conflict minerals.”

  • One and all, they come shaking their tin cups at election time then run like the wind when a critical vote comes up.

  • The more than 50,000 who reside in West Point live mostly in shacks made of zinc with rusted tin roofs.

  • But his lumbering lurch toward the Ted Cruz tin-foil-hat convention should instead be an object lesson for Republicans to come.

  • And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will clean purge away thy dross, and I will take away all thy tin.

  • Otherwise, a child's box of tin soldiers sent by post would have been just the thing for the Dardanelles landing!

  • He watched the man put some bread and milk in a tin pan, and set it down on the floor of the basket.

  • All the bamboo clappers, cocoanut shells, tin pans, and red flags that could be found were seized and put into use.

  • Another manner of punishment consists in making them wear a tin mask, which is fastened with a lock behind.