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单词 tinny
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tinnyadj.

Brit. /ˈtɪni/, U.S. /ˈtɪni/
Etymology: < tin n. + -y suffix1.
1. Consisting of, abounding in, or yielding tin; formerly also, Of tin, made of tin.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > tin
tinny1552
stanniferous1823
stannified1855
tinnified1855
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [adjective] > made of tin
tinnenc1000
tin1382
tinny1552
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Tynny or of tynne, stanneus.
1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health iv. f. 231 Let this be kept in a Syluer, or Tynnie vessell.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. xi. sig. L3 Dart, nigh chockt with sands of tinny mines. View more context for this quotation
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 5 Those armes of Sea, that thrust into the tinny strand.
1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur vi. 419 Pale Tinny Oar, and Copper's brighter Vein.
1881 Standard 28 Oct. 1/2 The lode is six feet wide, and tinny throughout.
2.
a. Like or resembling tin or that of tin; characteristic of tin; esp. of sounds; in Painting, hard, crude, metallic. Also applied dismissively to (a device which produces) sound of poor quality from which the lower frequencies are largely missing; cheaply contrived.
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the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [adjective] > tin-coloured (of mouth)
tinny1877
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] > harsh and metallic
brazen1596
wiry1609
metallic1821
tin pan1843
brassy1847
panny1869
tinny1877
trebly1970
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [adjective] > other qualities or styles
plangent1666
dry1695
sticky1753
flat1755
spotty1798
touchy1809
definitive1815
edgy1825
painty1827
scratchy1827
unideal1838
tinglish1855
generalist1858
tinny1877
Christmas-cardy1883
tinty1883
surfacy1887
chocolate box1892
chocolate-boxy1894
Christmas card1895
juicy1897
candy box1898
pastose1901
busy1909
pompier1914
posterish1914
painterly1932
X-ray1940
illusional1942
all-over1948
figurative1960
hard-edge1961
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > inharmonious or unmelodious
discordanta1425
jarring1552
dissonant1573
tuneless1595
discordous1597
immelodious1601
discord1606
absurd1617
unharmoniousa1634
scrannel1638
unmelodious1665
disharmonious1683
disharmonical1688
unharmonic1694
dissonous1715
inharmonious1715
disconsonant1731
anti-musical1824
ear-sore1859
tin-kettley1862
cacophonous1867
unnoted1867
callithumpian1886
tinny1904
crunchy1959
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > [adjective] > by quality of sound
softa1525
lofty1598
vocal1649
alto1802
contrabass1834
soprano1856
baritone1876
monophonous1878
tinny1904
sopranino1907
plinky1926
1877 C. Hallock Sportsman's Gazetteer 379 Long tinny mouth [of a fish].
1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 831/1 The tone tends towards a certain quality which may be described as ‘tinny’ or metallic.
1892 Sat. Rev. 21 May 597/2 We have accused Mr. Parsons of a hard tinny quality in colour and form.
1904 K. D. Wiggin Affair at Inn 177 She was sitting at the old tinny-sounding spinet.
1908 Daily Chron. 24 Oct. 3/1 How tinny look Claude's landscapes in the room at the National Gallery.
1926 Encycl. Brit. III. 281/2 When the low notes are dropped out, the result is ‘tinny’—high-pitched, shrill, mechanical, lacking in body.
1933 A. Huxley Lett. (1969) 377 The particular nature of the device gives to the brevity something rather tinny, something (in an undesirable sense) artificial.
1980 G. Lancaster Seward's Folly vi. 66 A tinny radio was playing pop music.
b. Tasting or smelling of tin; tinged with tin.
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [adjective] > unpalatable
unsweetc1440
boisterous1483
untasty1566
untoothsome1576
twice sod1601
coarse1607
irrelishable1608
asper1626
insuave1657
untoward1662
physicala1665
asperous1670
unpalatable1682
woolly1687
inelegant1708
smoked1761
impalatable1782
brassy1789
soddena1800
metallic1800
inky1805
unsweetened1817
weedy1851
tinny1873
tangy1875
raw1881
unappetizing1884
twangy1887
stavy1888
toasty1890
soapy1892
stewy1895
gloppy1976
1873 ‘S. Coolidge’ What Katy did at School ii. 30 The cans gave the oysters a curious taste,—tinny, or was it more like solder?
1906 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 213/1 One of the pans in the dairy smelt suspiciously ‘tinny’.
3. slang. Having plenty of ‘tin’; rich, wealthy.
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the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective]
richeOE
eadyOE
richfulc1300
plenteousc1350
wealthyc1380
wealthfula1400
wlouȝa1400
wellc1405
biga1425
goldedc1450
substantious1490
able1516
opulent?1518
substantive1543
strong1581
fat1611
juicy1627
fortuned1632
affluent1652
rhinocerical1688
rough1721
rowthy1792
golden1797
strong-handed1817
well-to-do1831
wealth-encumbered1844
nabobish1857
rhinoceral1860
ingoted1864
tinny1871
pocket-filled1886
oofy1896
nawabi1955
brewstered2001
1871 Punch 14 Oct. 160/2 There's heaps of tinny fellows who'll be awful glad to give.
4. Australian and New Zealand slang. Lucky. †on the tinny luck: by a lucky chance. Cf. tin-arsed adj. at tin n. Compounds 2, tin n.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > favoured or attended by good fortune > specifically of a person
happya1387
lucky1478
well-starred1775
tinny1918
tin-arsed1937
the world > action or operation > prosperity > in prosperous condition [phrase] > fortunately > in or with good luck
arse upwardsc1600
in luck1752
on the tinny luck1918
quids in1919
1918 Chrons. N.Z.E.F. 7 June 205/1 Remarks are heard on the ‘tinny’ luck.
1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 50 Tinny, lucky.
1947 I. Douglas Opportunity in Austral. 90 Tinny—lucky.
1951 D. W. Ballantyne in Landfall V. 168 And this one's yours, Edith. Hey, you're tinny, aren't you?
1959 G. Slatter Gun in my Hand xvii. 229 He'll score because some people are tinny and always win.
1978 O. White Silent Reach xvii. 173 You'll have to be pretty tinny to pin down those blokes.

Derivatives

ˈtinnily adv. with a tinny sound.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adverb] > harsh and metallic
metallically1868
brassily1895
tinnily1927
1927 J. Masefield Midnight Folk 298 He had no sooner wished, than invisible someones came silently, blocked up the approach to Otter's lair, tinnily reported, ‘Entrance blocked securely’, and disappeared.
1954 M. Sharp Gipsy in Parlour iii. xiii. 133 A bell above my head rang tinnily.
1980 A. Desai Clear Light of Day iv. 171 Teacups clinked on the saucers, tinnily.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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