核心畫面

A picture you can hold: something alive and fresh gets sealed into a metal tin ahead of time, so it can be opened much later, somewhere else. It keeps — but it is no longer the fresh thing; it is the version of it.

某個新鮮的東西被提前封進一個金屬罐裡,於是它可以在很久以後、在別的地方被打開。它保存下來了——但它已經不是那個現場的更多收起某個新鮮的東西被提前封進一個金屬罐裡,於是它可以在很久以後、在別的地方被打開。它保存下來了——但它已經不是那個現場的、新鮮的東西,而是「罐裝版本」。canned 兩個意思共用的,正是這個「事先封好、之後再拿出來用」的動作。

Two branches

真的裝進罐頭

字面用法,也就是核心畫面本身。

preserved in a metal container · adjective · A2

Canned food or drink has been put into a round metal container and sealed, so that it stays good to eat or drink for a long time.

罐頭的

事先錄好的聲音

把「封進罐子、之後再打開」搬到聲音上:笑聲被事先錄起來,播出時才放出來。

pre-recorded (laughter, music) · adjective · B2

Canned laughter, music, or applause has been recorded before the programme and is played during it on television or radio, instead of coming from real people who are there at the time.

預錄的

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

cannedadj/kænd/

  • 1

    Preserved in cans.

    • canned tomatoes
    • If you don't have fresh cardoon I'll take canned.
  • 2

    Previously prepared; not fresh or new; standardized, mass-produced, or lacking originality or customization.

    • canned laughter
    • The form letter included a canned answer stating that what I asked was against policy.
  • 3

    slangDrunk.

  • 4

    Terminated, fired from a job.

  • 5

    Cancelled or thrown away, said of a project or news article.

    • The raider story was canned by the censor on instructions from the naval authorities.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。