tin

复数：tins过去式：tinned过去分词：tinned现在分词：tinning第三人称单数：tins

1. [U]锡 chemical element, a soft white metal used in alloys and for coating iron and steel to prevent corrosion
2. [C]罐头盒 container made of tin plate, especially one in which food is sealed to preserve it

• close tin封罐头

• air-tight tins密封罐头

• tin hat钢盔

• cigarettes in tins听装香烟

• a tin of beans一听豆子罐头
• a tin of biscuits一听饼干

tin oxide二氧化锡

tin ore锡矿（石）；锡矿砂

on the tin[美国英语]使用警徽的(指凭此可得到免费用餐等特殊照顾)

tin plating镀锡（等于tinplate）；铝银

soldering tin n. 焊锡；焊锡条

tin bath锡槽；锡浴；锡沐盆

tin can锡罐，锡杯；马口铁罐头

tin bronze[化]锡青铜

tin plate马口铁；镀锡铁皮

tin coating镀锡层

tin foil n. 保鲜纸，锡纸

tin alloy锡合金

tin box铁盒；锡盒；马口铁罐

tin dioxide[化]二氧化锡

tin chloride[化]氯化锡

tin powder锡粉

tin man锡人（全铝太空服的绰号）

tin wire焊锡丝

tin solder焊锡；锡焊条，锡焊料；软焊料

1. We fuse copper and tin to make bronze.
   我们把铜和锡熔制成青铜。
2. They'd mined the hillside for tin.
   他们曾在小山坡上开采锡。
3. I caught her with her fingers in the biscuit tin.
   我看见她手指还在饼干盒里呢。
4. The paint had solidified in the tin.
   罐子里的颜料已经乾了。
5. He placed an order for 250 tin of instant coffee.
   他定了250听速溶咖啡。
6. There is not a tin of dog food in the cupboard.
   碗橱里没有一听狗食。

1. Tin cxxx pots or iron cxxx pots are of no use to me.
   锡制的咖啡壶和铁制的咖啡壶对我而言也是没用的。