can

/kən/

US pronunciation

American sound/kən/

can

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> can

Full entry

can¹ /kæn/ n

၁။ [C] (often in compounds)
အရည်ထည့်စရာ ဘူး၊ ပုံး။ an oilcan ❍ a petrol can/a can of petrol. ❍ a watering - can.
၂။ [C] (also esp Brit tin ) စည်သွတ်ဘူး။
a beer can ❍ a can of peaches ❍ He drank four cans of beer.
၃။ the can [sing] (US sl )
(က) ထောင်။ (ခ) အိမ်သာ။
v (-nn- ) စည်သွတ်သည်။ canned fruit ❍ a canning factory.
❏ be in the can [IDM ] အသင့်ဖြစ်ပြီး၊ ကူးပြီး ရုပ်ရှင် စသည်။
❏ canned adj (infml usu derog ) ကြိုတင်သွင်းထားသော။ canned laughter ❍ I can't stand the canned music the supermarkets play these days.
❏ (open up) a can of worms [IDM ] (infml ) ပြဿနာ ဖန်တီးသည်။ ပျားတူအုံ တုတ်နှင့်ထိုးသည်။
I wish you'd never found the missing files— you've opened up a whole can of worms.
❏ can-opener n ဖောက်တံ။

can² /kǝn; strong form kæn/ modal v

(neg cannot /'kænɒt/ ; contracted form can't /kɑ:nt; US kænt/ ; pt could /kǝd; strong form kƱd/ ; neg could not ; contracted form couldn't /'kƱdnt/)
(used with the infinitive without to )
၁။ (က) နိုင်သည်။
I can run fast. ❍ Can you call back tomorrow? ❍ He couldn't answer the question. ❍ The stadium can be emptied in four minutes. ❍ I can't promise anything, but I'll do what I can. (ခ) တတ်သည်။ တတ်စွမ်းသည်။
They can speak French. ❍ Can he cook? ❍ I could drive a car before I left school.
(ဂ) (အာရုံခံစားခြင်းပြ ကြိယာများနှင့် တွဲ သုံးသည်။ ) I can hear music. ❍ I thought I could smell something burning. ❍ He could still taste the garlic they'd had for lunch.
၂။ (က) နိုင်သည်။
You can take the car, if you want. ❍ We can't wear jeans at work. ❍ The boys could play football but the girls had to go to the library. (ခ) (ခွင့်ပန်ရာ၌သုံးသောစကား)။ ရမလား။ ပါရစေ။
Can I read your newspaper? ❍ Can I take you home? ❍ MAY
၃။ (အကူအညီတောင်းသည့်သဘောကို ညွှန်းပြသောစကား)။ (လုပ် ပေး)နိုင်မလား။ Can you help me with this box? ❍ Can you feed the cat, please?
၄။ (က) (ဖြစ်နိုင်သည့်သဘောကို ညွှန်းပြသောစကား)။ That can't be Mary—she's in hospital. ❍ He can't have slept through all that noise. ❍ There's someone outside—who can it be? ❍ MIGHT
(ခ) (စိတ်ရှုပ်ခြင်း၊ သံသယရှိခြင်း၊ အံ့ဩခြင်းကို ပြသည့်သဘော)။ ပါလိမ့်။ ပါ့မလား။ What can they be doing? ❍ Can he be serious? ❍ Where can she have put it?
၅။ (အလေ့အထ၊ ဖြစ်တတ်ခြင်းကို ပြသည့်သဘော)။ တတ်သည်။ He can be very tactless sometimes. ❍ She can be very forgetful. ❍ Scotland can be very cold. ❍ It can be quite windy on the hills.
၆။ (အကြံပေးသည့်သဘော)။ နိုင်တာပေါ့။
We can eat in a restaurant, if you like. ❍ I can take the car if necessary. ❍ SHALL

More examples

‘Can you swim?’ ‘No I can’t.’
Ingrid could play the violin by the time she was six.
The machine can translate simple messages into 24 different languages.
They couldn’t afford to pay for a proper funeral.
The UN has promised to help as much as it can.
Paul could hear someone calling his name.
There have been May Day celebrations here for as long as anyone can remember.
I’m sorry, Dr Brown can’t speak to you now – she’s got someone with her.
If it’s fine tomorrow, we can go fishing.
How can I work with all this noise going on?
You can travel from London to New York in under 6 hours these days.
Tickets can be bought from the Tourist Information Centre.
How can I possibly refuse such a charming invitation?
Can there be any doubt about his intentions?
When he slams the door like that, it can mean only one thing – trouble.
Temperatures can reach 40 degrees C in the summer.
Even minor head injuries can be serious.
The hotel can’t be far from here.
Surely he can’t have forgotten about the wedding!
You can borrow my calculator if you want.
Anyone aged 18 or over can vote in a general election.
You can’t sit there. Those seats are reserved.
Only the President could order the armed forces into battle.
Can you tell me where Mr Lawson’s office is?

Synonyms

be able to, know how to, be capable of, aluminum, ax, backside, be able, be equal to, be up to, be within one's area, be within one's control, behind, boot, bottle, bounce, bucket, butt, buttocks, can do, canister, cannikin, cashier, commit, container, could, cut the mustard, cylinder, derriÃ¨re, discharge, dismiss, expel, fanny, fire, fundament, give notice, give the heave ho, gluteus maximus, gunboat, gutbucket, have it made, head, hind end, jar, jerry can, john, johnny, keep, kick out, latrine, lavatory, lay off, let go, lie in one's power, litter box, make it, make out, make the grade, manage, may, outhouse, package, pop top, posterior, pot, potty, preserve fruit, privy, put up, receptacle, restroom, rump, sack, sandbox, seat, take care of, terminate, throne, tin, tin can, toilet, tush, usually metallic, vegetable, vessel, washroom, water closet

Antonyms

allow, cannot, employ, engage, front, hire, hold, keep, permit, welcome