kettle是什么意思？

kettle

英[ˈketl] 美[ˈkɛtl]

• n. （烧水用的）壶，小汽锅；

复数：kettles;

例句

• She held the letter over the kettle to steam it open. 她把信放在水壶上, 用蒸汽开启信封。
• The kettle was steaming. 水壶冒热气了。
• The kettle was singing on the fire. 水壶在炉火上嗡嗡作响。
• He had repaired my kettle, and it saved my buying a new one. 他把我的水壶修好了, 省得我再买一个新的了。
• Put the kettle on, and I'd like a cup of tea. 把壶烧开, 我要喝杯茶。
• ‘You haven’t done any work all morning.’ ‘Neither have you! Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!’ “你一上午什么也没干。”“你不也是？真是五十步笑百步！”
• The kettle is boiling. 水壶里的水开了。
• 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。
• The boiling water bubbled furiously in the kettle. 开水在壶里翻滚.
• She lifted the carrier bag onto the worktop and reached for the kettle. 她把纸袋放在厨柜上,然后去拿水壶.

同义词

• n.
  kettle的同义词之：水壶,水锅
  teakettle, stewpot, pot, stewpan, coffeepot, saucepan, cauldron, boiler,
  kettle的同义词之：铜鼓
  drum, kettledrum,

词组

• a different kettle of fish
  (informal)a completely different type of person or thing from the one previously mentioned (非正式)截然不同的人（或事物）
• the pot calling the kettle black
• a pretty (或 fine) kettle of fish
  (informal)an awkward state of affairs (非正式)尴尬局面；一团糟

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  水壶
  A kettle is a covered container that you use for boiling water. It has a handle, and a spout for the water to come out of.
  例句
  I'll put the kettle on and make us some tea. 我去烧壶水给大家沏茶。
• N-COUNT
  锅
  A kettle is a metal pot for boiling or cooking things in.
  例句
  Put the meat into a small kettle. 把肉放进一个小锅里。
• PHRASE
  完全不同的事物
  If you say that something is a different kettle of fish, you mean that it is very different from another related thing that you are talking about.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  (烧水用的)壶,水壶
  Put the kettle on, and I'd like a cup of tea. 把壶烧开, 我要喝杯茶。

英英词典释义

• 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