Tin

(noun.) a vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used mainly in baking.

(noun.) a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide.

(verb.) prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface.

(verb.) plate with tin.

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• She has joined the two chains, and has fastened them to the hasp in the tin case. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• One day Edison appeared with some tin-foil and four or five yards of fine wire. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• He made experiments, and at last succeeded in rendering the copper negatively electrical by the use of small pieces of tin, zinc, or iron nails. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• In waste and uninclosed lands, any person who discovers a tin mine may mark out its limits to a certain extent, which is called bounding a mine. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Valuable metallic ores, such as those of gold, platinum, tin, copper and iron, often occur in the form of sand or mixed with that substance. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• In the ventilator should be four or six tin tubes 1/2 inch in diameter and 6 inches long. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• I looked round, and there was the tin box on the shelf. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• He would loan them mess tins if they did not have them. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• There were some fire-blackened empty tins in the ashes under it. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• On returning to the station I passed away the time shooting at cans set on a pile of tins. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• As you know oysters are imported very largely in tins. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Machines hermetically seal the tins, and men pack them in crates and carefully weigh them over two scales. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Aymo had a basin of spaghetti with onions and tinned meat chopped up in it. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The high temperature to which they are exposed necessarily causes a loss of flavor, and it is generally remarked that tinned oysters are not a success. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• It had a steel core, with a copper ribbon wound spirally around it, and tinned to the core wire. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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