container
US: /kənˈteɪnɝ/
UK: /kəntˈeɪnɐ/
UK: /kəntˈeɪnɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
container /kən'teinə/
- danh từ
- cái đựng, cái chứa (chai, lọ, bình, thành, hộp...)
- (thương nghiệp) thùng đựng hàng, hộp đựng hàng
- (kỹ thuật) côngtenơ
- isotope container: côngtenơ đồng vị phóng xạ
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 a box, bottle, etc. in which sth can be stored or transported: Food will last longer if kept in an airtight container.
2 a large metal or wooden box of a standard size in which goods are packed so that they can easily be lifted onto a ship, train, etc. to be transported: a container ship (= one designed to transport such containers)
Collocation dictionary
1 box/bottle/packet, etc.
ADJ.
shallow | airtight, closed, sealed, watertight | insulated | empty | full | durable
Store food in durable containers with lids.
| recyclable, refillable | child-proof, child resistant | ideal, suitable, useful
Tubes are the ideal container for paint as air is excluded.
| special | storage | aluminium, cardboard, glass, metal, plastic, steel, wooden | food, milk, water
VERB + CONTAINER
fill
Fill the container with water.
| store sth in
CONTAINER + VERB
contain sth, hold sth
a container holding five litres
PREP.
in a/the ~
Keep the seeds in an airtight container.
| ~ for
childproof containers for dangerous substances
| ~ of
a container of milk
2 large metal box for transporting goods
ADJ.
empty | full | bulk, cargo
CONTAINER + VERB
contain sth, hold sth
containers holding shipments of bananas
CONTAINER + NOUN
lorry, ship, truck | port
Concise English dictionary
containers-nə
noun
+any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
