• n. 錫；罐頭，罐；馬口鐵
• adj. 錫制的
• vt. 涂錫于；給…包馬口鐵
• n. (Tin)人名；(緬、柬)丁；(印尼)婷；(越)信；(泰、土)廷

來自古英語 tin,錫，來自 Proto-Germanic*tinom,錫。

tin

tin: [OE] Tin is a general Germanic word, with relatives in German zinn, Dutch and Danish tin, and Swedish tenn. These point to a common ancestor *tinam, but where this came from is not known. The word was first used for a ‘tin can’ in the early 19th century. Tinker may be related.

tin (n.)

Old English tin, from Proto-Germanic *tinom (cognates: Middle Dutch and Dutch tin, Old High German zin, German Zinn, Old Norse tin), of unknown origin, not found outside Germanic.

Other Indo-European languages often have separate words for "tin" as a raw metal and "tin plate;" such as French étain, fer-blanc. Pliny refers to tin as plumbum album "white lead," and for centuries it was regarded as a form of silver debased by lead; hence its figurative use for "mean, petty, worthless." The chemical symbol Sn is from Late Latin stannum (see stannic).

Meaning "container made of tin" is from 1795. Tin-can is from 1770; as naval slang for "destroyer," by 1937. Tin-type in photography is from 1864. Tin ear "lack of musical discernment" is from 1909. Tin Lizzie "early Ford, especially a Model T," first recorded 1915.

1. The tea was sweetened with a hoarded tin of condensed milk.

用貯藏的一罐煉乳為茶添加了甜味。

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2. She accidentally knocked the tea tin off the shelf.

她不小心把架子上的茶葉罐碰了下來。

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3. Pour the mixture into the cake tin and bake for 45 minutes.

把混合物倒進烤模烤制45分鐘。

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4. He had survived by eating a small tin of fruit every day.

他靠每天吃一小罐水果活了下來。

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5. He reached for a tin of tobacco on the shelf behind him.

他伸手去夠身后架子上的一罐煙葉。

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