English Dictionary

can

/ˈkæn/

verb

To seal in a can. / To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can. / To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.). / (transitive, slang) To shut up.

I can the vegetables for later.

意味（1）

To seal in a can.

They canned air to sell as a novelty to tourists.

意味（2）

To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.

They spent August canning fruit and vegetables.

意味（3）

To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).

He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail.

意味（4）

(transitive, slang) To shut up.

Can your gob.

意味（5）

(US, euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee.

As a result of his refusal, the employee was subsequently canned in 2015 on the basis of professional inadequacy and failing to embody the party atmosphere that the consultancy was trying to cultivate.

意味（6）

(golf, slang, transitive) To hole the ball.

I thought I had canned it, but it just missed, and I tapped in the second one for a par.

意味（7）

(transitive) To cover (the fuel element in a nuclear reactor) with a protective cover.