tinman

n. 锡匠, 镀锡铁皮制品经销商 [计] "锡人"要求

发音

US /ˈtɪn.mæn/

词形变化

tinmen 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A maker of tinware; a tinsmith.

    1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London But if there are gipsies or tinmen about we shall have to keep our eyes open after anything they can lay their hands on.

  2. 2.

    A dealer in tinware.

  3. 1.

    An uncaring or heartless man; a man lacking, or seeming to lack, feelings, emotions, or concern for others.

  4. 2.

    A master gene in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, whose absence causes the fly to develop without a heart.

    生物 医学

词源

From tin + -man.

来源：wiktionary