abstract:A jerrycan (also written as jerry can or jerrican) is a robust fuel container originally made from pressed steel. It was designed in Germany in the 1930s for military use to hold of fuel.
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a flat-sided can with a capacity of between 4.5 and 5 gallons used for storing or transporting liquids, esp motor fuel: originally a German design adopted by the British Army during World War II 罐子; 4.5至5加仑的容量,用于储存或运输液体尤其是汽油
On Christmas Eve 1999 the road from Macedonia, the only supply line to Pristina, had been closed by ice storms, and Meyer had to borrow a jerrycan of diesel to keep his Internet service provider's generator going.