tin-plate
/ˈtin-ˈplāt How to pronounce tinplate (audio)/ (ame, mw)
tin-plate — 名詞
1. a metal made by covering a thin layer of iron or steel with a coating of pure ti
馬口鐵
鍍錫的薄鋼板
a metal made by covering a thin layer of iron or steel with a coating of pure tin so that it does not rust easily — used mainly for food cans, kitchen pots, and metal containers.
The factory used rolls of tin‑plate to make thousands of food cans each day.
這家工廠每天用成捲的馬口鐵製造數千個食品罐頭。
compound modifier: rolls of tin‑plate
Quan bought an old tin‑plate lunchbox at the market to store his snacks.
Quan 在市場買了一個舊的馬口鐵午餐盒來存放零食。
Hugo covered the chicken coop roof with tin‑plate to keep out the rain.
Hugo 用馬口鐵蓋住雞舍屋頂以防雨水滲入。
Asher fixed a dent in the kettle with a small piece of tin‑plate.
Asher 用一小塊馬口鐵修好了水壺上的凹痕。
Lan polished the tin‑plate surface of the cookie tin until it shone brightly.
Lan 把餅乾罐的馬口鐵表面擦到閃閃發亮。
- tinplate
one-word spelling, same meaning
- tinned steel
more common in British English, slightly informal
- tin
shortened form, can also refer to the pure metal tin, so less precise
文法句型
tin‑plate + noun (compound modifier)
sheet / roll / piece of tin‑plate
用法筆記
Frequently used as a compound modifier before a noun (tin‑plate can, tin‑plate sheet). In British English, the material is often called just 'tin' in everyday speech, but 'tin‑plate' is the precise commercial and industrial term.
常見錯誤
tin-plate — 動詞
- tin-platepresent simple I / you / we / they
- tin-plates3rd person singular
- tin-plating-ing form
- tin-platedpast simple
1. to cover the surface of a metal object, especially iron or steel, with a thin la
鍍錫
在金屬表面塗上錫層
to cover the surface of a metal object, especially iron or steel, with a thin layer of tin in order to protect it from rust or damage.
The workers learned how to tin‑plate steel sheets in the factory training course.
學徒們在工廠的訓練課程中學習如何在鋼板上鍍錫。
tin‑plate + object (steel sheets)
Sven's company bought a new machine that tin‑plates iron before it is shaped into cans.
Sven 的公司買了一台新機器，能在鐵板被壓成罐頭前為其鍍錫。
The old method of tin‑plating copper pots was slow and required great skill.
過去在銅鍋上鍍錫的方法很慢，而且需要高超的技術。
Darius watched sheets of metal being tin‑plated in a bath of molten tin.
Darius 看著金屬板在一池熔錫中被鍍錫。
Before factories tin‑plated their kitchenware, iron pots rusted very quickly in damp air.
在工廠為廚具鍍錫之前，鐵鍋在潮濕的空氣中很快就會生鏽。
- tin
shorter form, same meaning but less common as a verb
- coat with tin
more explanatory, used in technical writing
文法句型
tin‑plate + object (metal)
be tin‑plated
用法筆記
Almost always appears in industrial or manufacturing contexts. The passive form ('be tin‑plated') is more frequent than the active, especially when describing production steps.