could

could
/kæn/ * danh từ - bình, bi đông, ca (đựng nước) - vỏ đồ hộp, hộp đồ hộp - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) ghế đẩu, ghế ngồi ở nhà tiêu - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) nhà tù, nhà giam !to be in the can - đã làm xong và sẵn sàng để đem ra dùng !to carry the can - (từ lóng) chịu trách nhiệm, gánh trách nhiệm * ngoại động từ - đóng hộp (thịt, cá, quả...) - ghi vào băng ghi âm, thu vào đĩa (bản nhạc) - (từ lóng) đuổi ra khỏi trường (học sinh); đuổi ra, thải ra - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) chấm dứt, chặn lại, ngăn lại - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) bỏ tù, bắt giam * động từ could - có thể, có khả năng =it can not be true+ điều đó không thể có thật được - có thể, được phép =you can go now+ bây giờ anh có thể đi được - biết =can speak English+ biết nói tiếng Anh

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  • could — [kood] v.aux. [altered (infl. by WOULD, SHOULD) < ME coud < OE cuthe (akin to Goth kuntha, OHG konda, ON kunna), pt. of cunnan, to be able: see CAN1] 1. pt. of CAN1 [he gave what he could give] 2 …   English World dictionary

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  • could've — [kood′əv] contraction could have * * * …   Universalium

  • could've — (could have) v. used to express the possibility that one may have been able to do something …   English contemporary dictionary

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