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单词 canning
释义

can1 /kan/

transitive verb (3rd pers can; pat could; obsolete 2nd pers sing prt canst; participle obsolete except could in Scots; infinitive obsolete except in Scots)
  1. To be able
  2. To have sufficient power
  3. To have skill in
  4. To be a possibility
  5. Used for gan in ME and in Spenser
ORIGIN: OE cunnan to know (how to do a thing), to be able; present indicative can; Gothic kunnan, Ger können to be able. See con3, ken1, know; also cannot, can't, couth1

can-doˈ adjective (informal)

Denoting a willing and positive attitude

can do (informal)

I (or we) can do it, it can be done

no can do (informal)

I (or we) can't do it, it can't be done

can2 /kan/

noun
  1. A tin, a container of tin-plate in which meat, fruit, etc are sealed up to preserve them
  2. A container for holding or carrying liquids, generally of tinned iron, with a handle over the top
  3. The amount that a can holds (see also canful below)
  4. A container for various things, such as ashes or rubbish (N American)
  5. A drinking-mug
  6. A chimney pot
  7. A cylindrical container for storing film
  8. A jacket in which a fuel rod is sealed in an atomic reactor
  9. A depth charge (naval sl)
  10. (with the) jail (slang)
  11. A lavatory (slang)
  12. The buttocks (N Am sl)
  13. (in pl) headphones (slang)
transitive verb (cannˈing; canned)
  1. To put into tins in order to preserve
  2. To store in containers
  3. To stop, put an end to (N Am sl; see also can it below)
  4. To dismiss or sack from a job (N Am sl)
  5. To record (music, etc) in advance
ORIGIN: OE canne

canˈful noun (pl canˈfuls)

The amount that a can holds

canned adjective

  1. Packed in tins
  2. (of music, etc) recorded in advance for reproduction on a sound track or video, prerecorded
  3. Drunk (slang)

cannˈer noun

A person whose job it is to put foodstuffs in cans

cannˈery noun

A place where provisions are tinned

canˈbank noun

The equivalent of a bottle bank for cans

can buoy noun

A cylindrical navigational buoy, painted black, that marks the port, or left side, of a channel (cf nun buoy)

canˈ-opener noun

A tin-opener

can it (slang)

Stop talking about, doing, etc that

can of worms

An unpredictable and potentially difficult situation or problem

carry the can (slang)

To take the blame or responsibility

in the can

  1. (of a motion picture, piece of music, etc) having been satisfactorily recorded, completed, etc, and ready for release
  2. (of radio or TV material) recorded and stored for future use

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