| 单词 | tin can |
| 释义 | > as lemmastin can tin can n. (a) (see sense 2a above); (b) slang (chiefly U.S.), a warship, esp. a destroyer (often, one of an older design); also applied to a submarine. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > [noun] > made of tin tin can1770 tin1795 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] great shipa1400 ship-of-war1479 man-of-war1484 warship1533 war-man1546 rostrum1782 U.S.S.a1912 warcraft1918 tin can1937 1770 G. Washington Diary 18 Nov. (1925) I. 442 I was to pay 6 Dollars and give them a Quart Tinn Can. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Tin-can, a metal vessel for holding liquids. 1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Tin Can, the ordinary name for the cans of tinned iron now so widely used. 1937 Sun (Baltimore) 20 Apr. 15/3 Of the forty-seven destroyers out with the United States fleet..thirty-nine are the ‘tin cans’ of the World War days. 1959 N.Z. Listener 10 July 5/3 With us were the first warships I had seen in the heavy seas, and some of the American tin cans they gave us under Lease Lend. 1974 H. Gruppe Truxton Cipher iii. 31 He had noticed the Admiral's wince at Pozo's use of the archaic phrase ‘tin cans’ to denote destroyers. 1981 G. Markstein Ultimate Issue 27 ‘Boy, you must have been cramped in that sub.’.. ‘Plenty of space. You'd be surprised how roomy those tin cans are.’ < as lemmas |
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