kettle

英['ketl] 美['ketl]
  • n. 水壶;坑穴
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星级词汇:
    n. (名词)
    1. 水壶,壶
    2. 水锅
    3. 小汽锅
    4. 【地】锅穴,搅旋洞穴,瓯穴,涡旋磨,涡蚀穴(在河流的岩床上形成的碗状洞穴)
    5. 凹洞
    6. 水冲刷穴
    7. 定音鼓,铜鼓
    n. (名词)
    1. [C](烧水用的)壶 container with a spout, lid and handle, used for boiling water

英英释义

Noun:
  1. a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid

  2. the quantity a kettle will hold

  3. (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits

  4. a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it

1. I filled the kettle while she was talking and plugged it in.
她说话间,我把水壶灌满并插上了电源。

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2. Well then, I'll put the kettle on and make us some tea.
好吧,我来烧壶水,我们沏点茶喝。

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3. I'll put on the kettle for tea. Or boil up some coffee.
我要烧壶水沏茶,或者煮些咖啡。

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4. She emptied both their mugs and switched on the electric kettle.
她把他们俩的杯子倒空,烧上了电水壶。

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5. Playing for the reserve team is a totally different kettle of fish.
作为替补参加比赛完全是两码事。

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The kettle is boiling.
      壶里的水开了。
    2. The switch on the kettle won't stay down.
      这个水壶上的开关按下时卡不住了。
    3. This kettle whistles when it boils.
      这水壶在水开时会哔哔作响。
    4. Kettle can also form as the result of floods caused by the sudden drainage of an ice-dammed lake.
      因为冰堰湖的突然泄流造成的洪水也有可能形成锅穴。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. A watched kettle never boils.
      看着的壶永远不会开。
    2. Put the kettle on,I'd like a cup of tea.
      把水烧开,我要喝杯茶。
n. (名词)
kettle, pot, pottery
  • pot是“壶的总称”, kettle特指“茶壶”,而pottery则是“陶器的总称”,即kettle是pot中的一种,而pot是pottery中的一种。
  • 用作名词 (n.)
    a different kettle of fish
      截然不同的事a situation that is difficult or awkward, or different from what is expected
    用作名词 (n.)
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