tin

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
发音 tĭn

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn. uncountable
  2. Iron or steel sheet metal that is coated with tin as an anticorrosion protectant. countable,metonymically,uncountable
    — The roof was made of tin, which had been cut with tin snips.
  3. An airtight container, made of tin-coated steel (called tinplate or tin), (formerly) tin, aluminium, or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product. Commonwealth,UK,countable
    — a tin of baked beans; a tobacco tin; a tin of shoe polish
  4. A metal pan used for baking, roasting, storing food, etc. countable
    — muffin tin
  5. The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball. countable
  6. money, especially silver money. dated,slang,uncountable
    — The father is a cotton lord, and they all have loads of tin, you know
  7. computer hardware. slang,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve. transitive
  2. To cover with tin. transitive
  3. To coat with solder; To coat with solder, in preparation for soldering, to ensure a good solder joint transitive
  4. To coat with solder; To coat with solder, in order to consolidate braided wire, so as to make contact with all strands and reduce fragility of the fraying wire transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Made of tin. not-comparable
  2. Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron. not-comparable
    — [I]n fact he was a big noise, literally, in the Baptist Chapel, known locally as the Tin Tab[ernacle] - whereas my family were 'church' and Uncle Ezekiel was an infidel at that.
  3. Made of aluminum. not-comparable

词形变化

tins plural tins present,singular,third-person tinning participle,present tinned participle,past tinned past

词汇关系

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词源

词源 1
From Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.
词源 2
From Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.
词源 3
From Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.
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