kettle
kettle
英[ˈketl]美[ˈketl]
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
teakettlestewpotpotstewpancoffeepotsaucepancauldronboilerkettle的同义词之：铜鼓
drumkettledrum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*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
