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tin-panning

/tin-pan-ing/US // ˈtɪnˈpæn ɪŋ //

淘金者,淘金术,淘金,淘金热

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Dialect.

    • : shivaree.

Examples

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

  • While panning for gold, he made himself a large hat from the hides he had collected on his trip.

  • 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.

  • 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.