英汉词典

can 基本解释

• v. 开罐
• aux. 能,可以
• n. 罐头,开罐器
• n. (Can)人名；(罗、刚(金))卡恩；(土)詹；(法)康

can 词态变化

can 中文词源

来自PIE *gno, 知道，词源同know.

词源同cane, 芦苇。引申义容器，罐子。

can 英文词源

can

can: [OE] English has two distinct words can. The verb ‘be able to’ goes back via Old English cunnan and Germanic *kunnan to an Indo- European base *gn-, which also produced know. The underlying etymological meaning of can is thus ‘know’ or more specifically ‘come to know’, which survived in English until comparatively recently (in Ben Jonson’s The Magnetick Lady 1632, for example, we find ‘She could the Bible in the holy tongue’).

This developed into ‘know how to do something’, from which we get the current ‘be able to do something’. The past tense could comes ultimately from prehistoric Germanic *kuntha, via Old English cūthe (related to English uncouth) and late Middle English coude; the l is a 16th-century intrusion, based on the model of should and would. (Canny [16] is probably a derivative of the verb can, mirroring a much earlier but parallel formation cunning.) Can ‘container’ appears to come from a prehistoric Germanic *kannōn-.
=> canny, cunning, ken, know, uncouth

can (v.1)

Old English 1st & 3rd person singular present indicative of cunnan "know, have power to, be able," (also "to have carnal knowledge"), from Proto-Germanic *kunnan "to be mentally able, to have learned" (cognates: Old Norse kenna "to know, make known," Old Frisian kanna "to recognize, admit," German kennen "to know," Gothic kannjan "to make known"), from PIE root *gno- (see know).

Absorbing the third sense of "to know," that of "to know how to do something" (in addition to "to know as a fact" and "to be acquainted with" something or someone). An Old English preterite-present verb, its original past participle, couth, survived only in its negation (see uncouth), but see also could. The present participle has spun off as cunning.

can (n.)

Old English canne "a cup, container," from Proto-Germanic *kanna (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Norse, Swedish kanna, Middle Dutch kanne, Dutch kan, Old High German channa, German Kanne). Probably an early borrowing from Late Latin canna "container, vessel," from Latin canna "reed," also "reed pipe, small boat;" but the sense evolution is difficult.

Modern "air-tight vessel of tinned iron" is from 1867 (can-opener is from 1877). Slang meaning "toilet" is c. 1900, said to be a shortening of piss-can. Meaning "buttocks" is from c. 1910.

can (v.2)

"to put up in cans," 1860, from can (n.1). Sense of "to fire an employee" is from 1905. Related: Canned; canning.

can 词组搭配

can 英文释义

1. airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.

2. the quantity contained in a can

3. a buoy with a round bottom and conical top

4. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

"he deserves a good kick in the butt"

"are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

5. a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

6. a room equipped with toilet facilities

can 同义词解析

can, may

这两个情态动词均含有"能，可能，可以"之意。

can和may常被错用，应注意3点：

1.can表示体力或智力方面的能力。may没有这种功能。

2.can和may都可表示请求允许做某事，前者较口语化，最常用；may用于正式文体，多含尊敬之意。

3.can和may都可能表示可能性，前者表理论上的可能性，而后者表示现实的可能性。在这种用法中，can一般不能用来表将来的可能性，多用在否定和疑问句中表现在的可能性，而may既可表现在又可表将来的可能性。

can, in

这两个名词均有"罐头"之意。

can： 为美国英语，现在英国也用。

in： 为英国英语。

can 双语例句

1. If you invert " I can " , you have " can I ".

如果你把Ican两词前后颠倒一下,就成了 can I.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. The happiest are not those who own all the best things, but those who can appreciate the beauty of life.

最幸福的人们并不一定什么都是最好，只是他们懂得欣赏生活的美好。

来自金山词霸 每日一句

3. You have to do everything you can. You have to work your hardest. And if you do, if you stay positive, then you have a shot at a silver lining.

你必须全力以赴，最大限度地去努力。如果你这么做，并且保持乐观，你就会看见乌云背后的幸福线。

来自电影《乌云背后的幸福线》

4. You can improve your chances of profit by sensible planning.

你可以通过合理计划来提高盈利的机会。

来自柯林斯例句

5. You can chat to other people who are online.

你可以和其他在线的人聊天。

来自柯林斯例句

can 实用场景例句

When I got canned, I took these keys as souvenirs.

我被开除后,就拿了这些钥匙作为纪念。

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How can you complain about higher taxes?...

你怎么能抱怨税费的提高呢?

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How can millions of dollars go astray?...

几百万美元怎么可能不翼而飞呢?

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Several young men were kicking a tin can along the middle of the road.

几个青年人踢着一个锡罐在路中间走着。

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...empty beer cans.

空啤酒罐

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...fruits and vegetables that will be canned, skinned, diced or otherwise processed...

将要装罐、去皮、切块或用其他方法加工的水果和蔬菜

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It was always roast lamb and canned peas for Sunday lunch.

星期天午餐总是吃烤羔羊肉和豌豆罐头。

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The extremists prevailed, and the security minister was canned...

极端主义分子猖獗,致使安全部长被解职。

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It is an intolerable situation and it can't be allowed to go on...

这种情况忍无可忍,不能再任其继续下去了。

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The Commission can't demand from Sweden more than it demands from its own members.

委员会对瑞典的要求不能比对自己的会员国要求都多。

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What can I do around here?...

我在这儿能做点儿什么?

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This old lady was struggling out of the train and I said, 'Oh, can I help you?'...

我看见这位老太太正颤巍巍地下火车,就问:“嗯,我来帮您一把吗?”

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Can I have a look at that?...

我能不能看一眼那个?

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Can you please help?...

请你帮个忙好吗?

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Can I interrupt you just for a minute?...

我能不能打断你们一下?

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But if I can interrupt, Joe, I don't think anybody here is personally blaming you...

对不起,乔,我插一句,可我认为在座的没有谁在埋怨你。

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You can imagine he was terribly upset...

你能想象得出来,他当时心里乱得要命。

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You can't think how glad I was to see them all go...

你都想象不到,我看到他们全都走了,心里是多么高兴。

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No-one can set up a waste disposal company unless they can show that they've got enough money and trained staff to do the job properly...

任何人若想成立废品处理公司,必须证明其拥有足够资金和受训员工以保证工作可以顺利开展。

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A vacant lot or a bombsite can, to the amateur naturalist, produce an extraordinary variety of flora and fauna...

对于业余博物学者来说,在一片空地上或被炸后的废墟里可能发现种类繁多的植物群和动物群。

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From her knowledge of Douglas's habits, she feels sure that the attacker can't have been Douglas...

根据她对道格拉斯习性的了解,她敢断定他不可能是那个袭击者。

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Things can't be that bad...

情况不会糟到那个地步。

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You must buy the credit life insurance before you can buy the disability insurance...

你必须先购买信用人寿保险,方可购买伤残保险。

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Pork is also the most versatile of meats. It can be roasted whole or in pieces...

在肉类中,猪肉的做法也是最多的,可以整块烤来吃,也可以切片烤来吃。

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Luckily, iron can be reworked and mistakes don't have to be thrown away...

所幸的是,铁可以再加工,次品、废品不必被扔掉。

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Don't worry yourself about me, I can take care of myself...

你别担心我,我能照顾好自己。

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I can't give you details because I don't actually have any details...

我没办法给你提供细节,因为我并不了解任何细节。

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People who can't afford to go to the theatre or concerts can afford to go to football matches...

看不起电影或听不起音乐会的人可以去观看足球赛。

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We cannot buy food, clothes and pay for rent and utilities on $20 a week...

一个星期才20美元,不够我们吃穿、付房租及水电等费用的。

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...long-term therapy that can last five years or more...

有可能持续5年乃至更长时间的长期治疗。

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