tin-plate
tin-plate — noun
1. a flat piece of steel or iron with a thin covering of tin on each side, which pr
a flat piece of steel or iron with a thin covering of tin on each side, which protects it from rust and makes it safe to use in food containers, cans, and kitchen items
The factory ordered five thousand sheets of tin-plate for the new canning line.
collocation: sheets of tin-plate
Sayaka examined the tin-plate before cutting it into shapes for small storage tins.
Kwame loaded crates of tin-plate onto a truck heading to the canning plant outside Mombasa.
A single roll of tin-plate can make over two hundred standard-sized cans.
Leo learned that tin-plate resists rust far better than bare steel left outdoors.
常見錯誤
tin-plate — verb
- tin-platepresent simple I / you / we / they
- tin-plates3rd person singular
- tin-plating-ing form
- tin-platedpast simple
1. to cover a sheet of metal, usually steel or iron, with a thin layer of tin so th
to cover a sheet of metal, usually steel or iron, with a thin layer of tin so that the metal underneath will not rust
Jabari spent the afternoon tin-plating a batch of steel sheets in the workshop.
transitive: tin-plating + object
The company tin-plates every iron bracket before shipping them to coastal buyers.
Workers tin-plated the new water tanks to keep them from rusting in the rain.
Paloma watched the machine tin-plate hundreds of metal strips in under an hour.
You need to tin-plate those hinges or they will start showing rust within weeks.
- coat with tin
a descriptive equivalent, not a standard single-word synonym
- plate with tin
similar; 'plate' suggests a thin bonded layer, used more in technical contexts
文法句型
tin-plate + something