英语释义

1. be physically or mentally able to
He can lift 200 pounds.

2. know how to
She can read.

3. be inherently able or designed to
everything that money can buy

4. be enabled by law, agreement, or custom to
Congress can declare war.

5. be permitted by conscience or feeling to
can hardly blame her

6. be made possible or probable by circumstances to
He can hardly have meant that.

7. be logically or axiologically able to
2 + 2 can also be written 3 + 1.

8. have permission to —used interchangeably with may
You can go now if you like.

9. to be able to do, make, or accomplish

10. know, understand

11. to have knowledge or skill

12. a usually cylindrical receptacle:

13. a container (as of tinplate) in which products (such as perishable foods) are hermetically sealed for preservation until use
a can of beans

14. a usually metal typically cylindrical receptacle usually with an open top, often with a removable cover, and sometimes with a spout or side handles (as for holding liquid or trash)

15. a jar for packing or preserving fruit or vegetables

16. a vessel for holding liquids specifically a drinking vessel
… in his hand did bear a boozing can …
— Edmund Spenser

17. a recessed lighting fixture
Augment natural light with recessed cans in the ceiling, sconces on side walls, or a table lamp on a shelf …
— Jill Connors

18. buttocks
He needs a kick in the can.

19. toilet
sitting on the can

20. bathroom sense 1
He locked himself in the can and wouldn't come out.

21. jail
The cops threw him in the can.

22. destroyer sense 2
served on a can during the battle

23. headphone —usually plural
You don't realize just how noisy it is inside a plane until you put on a good pair of noise-cancelling headphones … . I generally leave the noise-cancelling cans on even when I'm not listening to anything at all—the relative quiet makes a long trip less stressful.
— Steven Morgenstern

24. completed and ready for release

25. to put in a can preserve by sealing in airtight cans or jars
can tomatoes

26. to hit (a golf shot) into the cup

27. to hit (a shot) in basketball

28. to discharge from employment
got canned for being late so often

29. to put a stop or end to
were told to can the chatter

30. canceled; cancellation

31. cannon

32. canto

33. Canada; Canadian

34. a closed metal container that is usually shaped like a cylinder and that holds food or drink

35. the food or drink that is in a can

36. a metal or plastic container that has a removable top and that is used for holding liquid, trash, etc.

37. know how to
We can read.

38. be able to
I can hear you.

39. be permitted by conscience or feeling to
They can hardly blame me.

40. have permission to
You can go now.

41. to be possible
Can he still be alive?

42. a metal container usually shaped like a cylinder
a soda can

43. the contents of a can
Add a can of tomatoes.

44. to prepare for later use by sealing in an airtight can or jar
Let's can peaches for winter.

45. Canada

46. Canadian

英汉例句

• but other studies have shown that animals must consume the equivalent of hundreds of cans of saccharin-containing soda every day to experience any ill effects.

  但有其它研究表明动物每天对糖精的摄入量与上百罐汽水所含的糖精量相当时才会感受到不良效应。

• the moon struggled in its straitjacket: a tremor like that of an earthquake caused avalanches of empty cans to slide down from the mountain of refuse.

  月亮与它的紧身衣搏斗着：发出一阵阵的震动，就像地震引起空的罐子从垃圾山上滑下来造成的震动那样。

• consumers can be further encouraged to return cans or bottles by including a deposit in their price.

  通过在价格上包含押金的方式，还可以进一步鼓励消费者归还瓶子和罐子。

• some larger cans weigh up to a pound (or more) and could be used for upper body exercises.

  一些较大的罐头重量能超过一磅（甚至更多），可以被用作上肢的锻炼。

• an irreverent official at the international monetary fund recently installed a jarring ringtone on his mobile phone. it is the sound of cans being kicked down a road.

  最近一位无礼的国际货币基金官员在他的手机里装了一个刺耳的铃音，那是在路上踢罐子所发出的声音。

• it's primarily amazing because it introduces the notion that hair curlers made from aluminium cans are cool.

  起初觉得很棒是因为它引入了一个用铝制罐子作为卷发器的概念很酷。

• many of the items that we use each day are technically recyclable, from the aluminum cans we drink soda from to the very computer screen on which you read these words.

  从喝苏打水的铝罐子到你看到这些文字的电脑显示屏，我们每天使用的东西大多从工艺上是可以回收的。

• he noted that rice krispies, twinkies and beer cans were all products of the great depression— not to mention staples of college life.

  他说，爆米花、甜甜糕和啤酒罐都是大萧条时代的产物，更不用说还有大学时代常用的订书钉了。

• wash your garbage cans with baking soda.

  可用小苏打清洗你的垃圾罐。

• the first is what food scientists call 「hydrogen swelling, 」 and it only happens to cans of acidic food such as tomatoes or citrus fruit.

  第一种就是食品科学家所说的「氢膨胀」，只有装有酸性食品的罐头才会发生这种现象，比如西红柿或柑橘类的水果。

• bring back your recyclable cans and bottles, but wash them out first.

  把回收罐和玻璃瓶带回来，但是请首先把它们清理干凈。

• while there are almost no intact, full bottles or cans left, a few people were still mulling around the opened containers and piles of bottles scattered around the brewery on tuesday.

  虽然没剩下什么完好无损、未被打开的瓶子或罐子，但周二依然有人在散落于酒厂附近的被打开的容器和一堆堆酒瓶周围转悠。

• rusty, empty beer cans lay about and some broken glass bottles made me mad. i was worried to see unhealthy leftover snacks being eaten by sea gulls.

  到处躺着的生锈的、空的啤酒罐、破碎的玻璃瓶子让我很难受，我担心地看到海鸥正在啃食被吃剩的不健康的小吃。

• i filled my cans and moved away while my brother was pushing to fill his.

  我装满自己的罐头后就离开了，当时，我的兄弟还在使劲地装着油。

• a diy telescope made from car parts, coat hangers and baked bean cans is one of the more unusual attractions.

  一款由汽车零部件、衣架以及甜豆罐头组装而成的自制望远镜吸引了很多人驻足观看。

• for almost two years now, public health and environmental experts have been pushing to reduce bpa exposure, especially in cans for processed food, baby bottles and infant formula.

  最近两年，公共卫生和环境专家一直在推动减少bpa的暴露，特别是在加工类食品的罐头中，婴儿奶瓶和婴儿配方奶粉中。

• bring back your recyclable cans and bottles, but please rinse them out first.

  把回收罐和玻璃瓶带回来，但是请首先把它们清理干凈。

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