C2 symbol Sn [ U ] a chemical element that is a silver-coloured metal, often combined with other metals or used to cover and protect other metals锡
Examples
The country's most valuable commodities include tin and diamonds.
Careful with that open tin - it's got a very sharp edge.
In tin mining today, workers excavate tunnels horizontally from a vertical shaft.
I've found a tin of beans. So far so good, but where is the opener?
She put on some overalls and got out a tin of paint.
B1 [ C ] UK UK and US also can, tin can a closed metal container in which food is sold罐头盒,听
B1 [ C ] UK US can the contents of a tin, or the amount of something a tin contains罐头;盒装之物;桶装之物;听(或盒、桶)所装之量
B2 [ C ] UK US cookie jar a metal container with a lid used for keeping cakes or biscuits(用于储存糕点或饼干的)有盖金属盒
B2 [ C ] UK US can a cylindrical metal container with a lid used for keeping liquid substances such as paint(用于储藏涂料等液体的)有盖金属桶
[ C ] UK US pan a metal container without a lid used for cooking food in the oven(无盖的)烤模,烤盘
[ C ] Australian English a closed metal container in which beer is sold(啤酒)罐
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