can
gb/kən/ us/kən/
A1
อังกฤษ
~ 100
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำกริยา
A1
state
1
Express ability or possibility
To be able to do something.
รูปแบบการใช้:
can [verb] [something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'can' for future ability, but it usually refers to present general ability; 'will be able to' is used for future ability.
คำพ้องความหมาย
be able to (More formal or explicit way to express ability.)
คำตรงข้าม
cannot (Direct opposite meaning; expresses inability or impossibility.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
can help
|can see
|can go
|can make
|can use
หัวข้อ
daily life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- She can speak three languages fluently.
- You can park your car here after 6 p.m.
- I can finish the report by tomorrow if needed.
- Can you hear me clearly?
- We can visit the museum this weekend.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I can swim.
- He can run fast.
- She can play the guitar.
- We can go to the park.
- You can use my pen.
คำกริยา
A1
state
2
Express permission
To be allowed to do something.
รูปแบบการใช้:
can [verb] [something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'can' for permission with 'may'; 'can' is common in everyday speech, while 'may' is more formal.
คำพ้องความหมาย
may ('May' is more formal and polite for permission.)
คำตรงข้าม
must not (Indicates prohibition rather than permission.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
can enter
|can leave
|can borrow
|can stay
|can eat
หัวข้อ
daily life
|rules
|core_vocabulary
|communication
ตัวอย่าง
- You can take photos inside the museum.
- Employees can leave early on Fridays.
- Visitors can use the free Wi-Fi in the lobby.
- Students can borrow up to five books at a time.
- You can sit wherever you like.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- You can go now.
- We can eat here.
- She can use my phone.
- He can open the window.
- They can play outside.
คำนาม
A2
entity
3
Metal container for food/drink
A round metal container that holds food or drink.
คำพ้องความหมาย
tin (Informal synonym mainly used in British English for canned food container.)
คำตรงข้าม
bottle (A rigid container, often glass or plastic, not metal.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
tin can
|soda can
|empty can
|open a can
หัวข้อ
food
|daily life
|food_drink
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- He drank a can of soda during lunch.
- The soup comes in a large can.
- Please recycle your empty cans here.
- I opened a can of beans for dinner.
- They crushed the aluminum cans for recycling.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I have a can of juice.
- This is a can of soup.
- He drinks from a can.
- She opens a can of beans.
- We recycle cans.
คำกริยา
B1
action
4
Preserve food by sealing in cans/jars
To put food into sealed containers so it stays good for a long time.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to can [food]
คำพ้องความหมาย
preserve (Broader term that includes other methods besides sealing in cans.)
คำตรงข้าม
spoil (To become bad or rotten, opposite of preserving.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
can vegetables
|can fruit
|home canning
หัวข้อ
food
|food_drink
|daily_life
ตัวอย่าง
- We canned peaches from our garden last summer.
- They know how to can tomatoes at home.
- The factory cans fish for export.
- She learned how to can jam from her grandmother.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- We can fruit in jars.
- They can tomatoes at home.
- He cans fish for sale.
- My mother cans vegetables.
- We can food for winter.
คำกริยา
informal
B2
action
5
Dismiss someone from employment
To tell someone they no longer have their job.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to can [someone]
คำพ้องความหมาย
fire ('Fire' is more neutral and widely used; 'can' is informal and slightly slangy.)
คำตรงข้าม
hire (To give someone a job, opposite of dismissing them.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
get canned
|be canned
หัวข้อ
work
ตัวอย่าง
- They canned the manager after poor sales results.
- He got canned for always being late.
- The company canned several employees last month.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- He was canned yesterday.
- They canned her after one month.
- The boss canned him for being late.
- She got canned last week.
ไวยากรณ์
รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
can
IPA
GB/kən/
US/kən/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
can (1 พยางค์)
รูปคำ
Verb
- Base: can
- Past: could
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
could
verb A2
Core family
canned
adjective B1
Negative and opposite forms
cannot
modal_verb A1
can't
modal_verb A1
Advanced or less common
canning
noun B2
cannery
noun B2
can-do
adjective B2
จุดสำคัญด้านไวยากรณ์
- Irregular past: could Verb
วลีและสำนวน
can't help but
1/kˈænt hˈɛlp bˈʌt/
fixed phrase
Unable to stop oneself from doing something
Used to say you must do something because you cannot stop yourself.
ตัวอย่าง
- I can't help but laugh when I hear that story.
- She can't help but notice how quiet it is.
in the can
1/ˈɪn ðə kən/
idiom
informal
Finished and ready for release or use
Used to say something like a movie or project is finished and ready to be used or shown.
ตัวอย่าง
- The director announced the film is finally in the can.
- Our report is in the can and will be published next week.
kick the can down the road
1/kˈɪk ðə kən dˈaʊn ðə ɹˈoʊd/
idiom
Delay dealing with an issue or decision
To avoid dealing with a problem by putting it off until later.
ตัวอย่าง
- The committee decided to kick the can down the road on budget cuts.
- They keep kicking the can down the road instead of solving the problem now.