can

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkæn/

動詞

俗語 他動詞 アメリカ英語 婉語

To seal in a can. / To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can. / To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.). / (transitive, slang) To shut up.

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Please can the tomatoes before they spoil.

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意味（1）

To seal in a can.

They canned air to sell as a novelty to tourists.

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意味（2）

To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.

They spent August canning fruit and vegetables.

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意味（3）

To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).

He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail.

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意味（4）

(transitive, slang) To shut up.

Can your gob.

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意味（5）

(US, euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee.

As a result of his refusal, the employee was subsequently canned in 2015 on the basis of professional inadequacy and failing to embody the party atmosphere that the consultancy was trying to cultivate.

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意味（6）

(golf, slang, transitive) To hole the ball.

I thought I had canned it, but it just missed, and I tapped in the second one for a par.

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意味（7）

(transitive) To cover (the fuel element in a nuclear reactor) with a protective cover.

cans （ present singular third-person ）

canning （ participle present ）

canned （ participle past ）

canned （ past ）

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en-conj （ inflection-template ）

can （ infinitive ）