核心畫面
Start with the metal itself: a soft, silvery, cheap metal that can be rolled into a thin sheet and wrapped around iron so the iron does not rust. Because that thin sheet is easy to bend into a box, the word slid over to the boxes made from it — so most everyday uses of tin are not about the element at all, but about a light metal container with a lid.
可以先想成那個金屬本身：一種軟軟的、銀白色的便宜金屬，可以壓成很薄的一片，包在鐵的外面讓鐵不生鏽。正因為那薄薄一片很…更多收起
可以先想成那個金屬本身：一種軟軟的、銀白色的便宜金屬，可以壓成很薄的一片，包在鐵的外面讓鐵不生鏽。正因為那薄薄一片很好折成盒子，這個字後來就滑到「用它做的容器」上——所以日常講 tin，多半不是在講化學元素，而是在講一個輕薄、有蓋子的金屬罐或鐵盒。原始詞典資料15 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。
tinnoun/tɪn/
- 1
A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
- 2
Iron or steel sheet metal that is coated with tin as an anticorrosion protectant.
- The roof was made of tin, which had been cut with tin snips.
- 3
An airtight container, made of tin-coated steel (called tinplate or tin), (formerly) tin, aluminium, or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product.
- a tin of baked beans; a tobacco tin; a tin of shoe polish
- Several tins of paint were needed to paint the house.
- 4
A metal pan used for baking, roasting, storing food, etc.
- muffin tin
- roasting tin
- 5
ball-gamesgameshobbiesThe bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
- 6
datedslangmoney, especially silver money.
- The father is a cotton lord, and they all have loads of tin, you know
- When all your tin is gone and spent, / And you've not a mag for bread or rent
- 7
slangcomputer hardware.
tinadj/tɪn/
- 1
Made of tin.
- 2
Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron.
- [I]n fact he was a big noise, literally, in the Baptist Chapel, known locally as the Tin Tab[ernacle] - whereas my family were 'church' and Uncle Ezekiel was an infidel at that.
- 3
Made of aluminum.
tinverb/tɪn/
- 1
To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve.
- 2
To cover with tin.
- 3
To coat with solder
- 4
To coat with solder
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 Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。