tin
罐头,锡,罐子,罐体
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- : Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- : tin plate.
- : any shallow pan, especially one used in baking.
- : any pot, box, can, or other container or vessel made of tin or tin plate.
- : Squash. telltale.
- : Chiefly British. a hermetically sealed can containing food.
- : Slang. a small quantity of an illicit drug, especially from two to five grams of cocaine: usually sold in a small plastic bag, a glassine envelope, or often a small tin container.
- : British Slang. money.
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- : made or consisting of tin or tin plate.
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The line right before this is “With little tin horns and little toy drums.”
The raw materials— tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold—were dubbed “conflict minerals.”
One and all, they come shaking their tin cups at election time then run like the wind when a critical vote comes up.
The more than 50,000 who reside in West Point live mostly in shacks made of zinc with rusted tin roofs.
But his lumbering lurch toward the Ted Cruz tin-foil-hat convention should instead be an object lesson for Republicans to come.
And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will clean purge away thy dross, and I will take away all thy tin.
Otherwise, a child's box of tin soldiers sent by post would have been just the thing for the Dardanelles landing!
He watched the man put some bread and milk in a tin pan, and set it down on the floor of the basket.
All the bamboo clappers, cocoanut shells, tin pans, and red flags that could be found were seized and put into use.
Another manner of punishment consists in making them wear a tin mask, which is fastened with a lock behind.