English Dictionary

can

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkæn/

名詞

古語 アメリカ英語 俗語 複数形

A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top.

日本語の意味

液体を入れるための、ほぼ円筒形の容器。通常は鉄やアルミニウムでできており、上部に持ち運び用の取っ手が付いている場合が多い。

She carried a dented can of water across the yard to water the seedlings.

彼女は苗に水をやるために、へこんだ金属製の缶を庭の向こうまで運んだ。

意味（1）

A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top.

意味（2）

A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).

意味（3）

A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.

意味（4）

(archaic) A chamber pot, now (US, slang) a toilet or lavatory.

Shit or get off the can.

意味（5）

(US, slang) Buttocks.

意味（6）

(slang) Jail or prison.

Bob's in the can. He won't be back for a few years.

意味（7）

(slang, in the plural) Headphones.

意味（8）

(archaic) A drinking cup.

SIR ANDREW: Nay, my troth, I know not: but I know, to be up late is to be up late. SIR TOBY: A false conclusion: I hate it as an unfilled can.

意味（9）

(nautical) A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark

意味（10）

A chimney pot.

意味（11）

(slang, in the plural) An E-meter used in Scientology auditing.

意味（12）

(US, slang) An ounce (or sometimes, two ounces) of marijuana.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:can.

意味（13）

A protective cover for the fuel element in a nuclear reactor.

cans （ plural ）