| 词汇 | tin cans naval destroyers |
| 词源 | tin cans (naval destroyers). During World War II American destroyers were called tin cans because they were the smallest, thinnest-armored fleet vessels. Destroyers were also called rust buckets at the time, though rust bucket more often meant any old ship. |
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