canner

n. 罐头装制商

发音

AU /ˈkænəɹ/

词形变化

canners 复数 canners

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Someone or something which cans.

  2. 2.

    A large pot used for processing jars when preserving food, either in a boiling water bath or by capturing steam to elevate the pressure and temperature.

  3. 3.

    Someone who lives off container deposit refunds from recycling.

    美国 俚语

    Among the crowds are ordinary working people shopping at the Pathmark, as well as down-and-out "canners" bringing their cans and bottles to the recycling station on East 124th Street.

  4. 4.

    An animal yielding inferior meat best suited to canning.

相关短语

pressure canner

词源

From Middle English canner (“maker of cans”), originally from the noun canne and equivalent to can + -er (occupational suffix). The modern senses reflect other meanings of the suffix -er.

来源：wiktionary