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单词 tin can
释义

tin can

noun

1
: a can made of tinplate
broadly : can sense 1a
2
slang : destroyer sense 2

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Crimo's father, Robert Crimo, told officers a collection of knives inside a bedroom stored in a tin can lunch box was his. Fox News, 7 July 2022 At the turn of the 20th century, automobile drivers would pull into a blacksmith shop, a hardware store or a pharmacy to purchase a tin can of gasoline. Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 4 June 2022 Tabb, Zarinsky and Brickelmaier are no longer on the road, isolated in a tin can with a hot griddle. Washington Post, 2 May 2022 This is an upcycled craft that turns an old tin can into a drum. Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 21 Apr. 2022 After the game, the man finds his Range Rover flattened like a tin can, round hoof prints visible in the metal. Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2022 That tin can on wheels tells us so much about Madden. Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Dec. 2021 Lucy Cooper’s opened in 2018 near U.S. 281 and Thousand Oaks and found success with such unique menu items as clothesline bacon and tin can nachos, as well as a large variety of pizzas, burgers, shrimp boils and chicken wings. Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Nov. 2021 Soon Johns had attached a broom, a tin can, and a spoon to different works. Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1770, in the meaning defined at sense 1

tin can

noun

as in tin

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • tin
  • can
  • canister
  • drum
  • cannikin
  • cannister
  • barrel
  • pail
  • bucket
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