| 释义 |
tin
noun- a police badge US
- — New York Times Magazine, p. 88, 16 March 1958
- Calvin’s board took two days, and Susan got his tin. — Stephen J. Cannell, The Tin Collectors, p. 181, 2001
- a police officer US, 1950
- — Thomas L. Clark, The Dictionary of Gambling and Gaming, p. 233, 1987
- a gun US
- You’re talking about the mob, the members of which could be carrying more tin than all the detectives on the force put together. — Robert Campbell, Junkyard Dog, p. 110, 1986
- a safe US
- It was a strong box and tapping the tin took some finger work. — Red Rudensky, The Gonif, p. 82, 1970
- one ounce of marijuana US, 1946
Probably from a pipe tobacco tin as a measured container. - — Richard A. Spears, The Slang and Jargon of Drugs and Drink, p. 511, 1986
- beer in any quantity or container US, 1980
- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 7, Fall 1980
- in drag racing, a trophy, especially one awarded without a cash prize US
- — John Lawlor, How to Talk Car, p. 107, 1965
▶ does what it says on the tin; does exactly what it says on the tin
used as an assurance that whatever is so described will be, or behave, as expected UK
From a catchphrase-slogan for Ronseal wood-treatments; first introduced in the early 1990s, the phrase is now part of the company’s registered trademarking, and widely applied in the sense recorded here.- Oral Rehydration Treatment [...] is a life-saving powder that contains potassium, sodium and glucose to help replenish the body’s essential fluids and salts. It tastes revolting, but it does exactly what it says on the tin. — The Daily Telegraph, 24 December 2001
- The Business Driver Initiative, devised by PricewaterhouseCoopers, does “exactly what it says on the tin”, according to Bruce Cartwright, PwC business recovery services partner in Scotland. — The Scotsman, 12 February 2004
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