tin can

基本解释

Almost 15 years later, a search party found a single sheet of paper left in a tin can covered by stones on King William Island in the Canadian Arctic.
15年之后，搜索队在加拿大北极地区的威廉王岛，发现了锡罐里的一张纸，罐顶上还压着一块石头。
The tin can bounced down the steps.
那听子一路颠跳着滚下了台阶。
WITH a tin can, some copper wire and a few dollars’ worth of nuts, bolts and other hardware, a do-it-yourselfer can build a makeshift directional antenna.
用一个铁罐，一些铜线，再加上便宜的螺母、螺栓和其他的一些小玩意，随便一组装就可以搭建一个简单的天线。

For example, adding copper to glass can make it blue, while adding tin can make it white.

Or, put your credit cards in a tin can fill it with water and freeze it.
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Other important containment tools include the tin can, glass jar, aerosol can and pill capsule.
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Using tin can increase the energy storage capacity of a battery cell by nearly three times, he said.
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