| 释义 | can (someone)can (someone)To summarily dismiss or oust someone from employment; to fire someone. Management promptly canned the new accountant after his miscalculation cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars. They'll can me if they ever find out I came into work drunk yesterday.See also: cancan1.  n. the head.  Jerry landed one on Frank’s can. Frank crumpled.  2.  n. toilet.  Restroom? Hell, I ain’t tired! Where’s the can?  3.  n. the buttocks. (see also bucket.) The guy slipped on the ice and fell on his can.  4.  n. jail. (Usually with the.)  I had to spend the night in the can, but it wasn’t too bad.  5.  tv. to dismiss someone from employment.  The jerk canned everybody who played a part in the gag.  6.  n. a car.  That’s a good-looking can he’s driving.  7.  Go to cans. 8.  n. a breast. (Usually objectionable. Usually plural.)  Man, look at the cans on that dame!  9.  n. a measurement of marijuana. (Drugs.)  How much do you want for a can?can/could do without To prefer not to experience or deal with: I could do without their complaints. |