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teapot
(tiːpɒt) also tea pot
Word forms: plural teapots
1. countable noun
A teapot is a container with a lid, a handle, and a spout, used for making and serving tea.
2.
See a tempest in a teapot
teapot in British English
(ˈtiːˌpɒt)
noun
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is served
teapot in American English
(ˈtiˌpɑt)
noun
a pot with a spout, handle, and lid, for brewing and pouring tea
teapot in Hospitality
(tipɒt)
Word forms: (regular plural) teapots
noun
(Hospitality (hotel): Food and drink, breakfast)
A teapot is a container with a lid, a handle, and a spout, used for making and serving tea.
She poured boiling water into the teapot.
How many spoonfuls of tea do you put in the teapot?
Put the teapot and the cups on a tray and leave it on the table.
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a tempest in a teapot
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British English: teapot /ˈtiːˌpɒt/ NOUN
A teapot is a container with a lid, a handle, and a spout, used for making and serving tea.
- American English: teapot
- Arabic: إِبْرِيقُ الشَّاي
- Brazilian Portuguese: chaleira
- Chinese: 茶壶
- Croatian: čajnik
- Czech: čajová konvice
- Danish: tekande
- Dutch: theepot
- European Spanish: tetera
- Finnish: teepannu
- French: théière
- German: Teekanne
- Greek: τσαγιερό
- Italian: teiera
- Japanese: ティーポット
- Korean: 티포트
- Norwegian: tekanne
- Polish: imbryczek
- European Portuguese: bule
- Romanian: ceainic
- Russian: заварочный чайник
- Latin American Spanish: tetera
- Swedish: tekanna
- Thai: กาน้ำชา
- Turkish: çaydanlık
- Ukrainian: чайник для заварювання чаю
- Vietnamese: ấm pha trà
Chinese translation of 'teapot'
teapot
(ˈtiːpɔt)
n (c)
-
茶壶(壺)
(cháhú) (个(個), gè)
pot
(pɔt)
n
- (c) (for cooking)
锅(鍋)
(guō) (口, kǒu) - (c) (also teapot)
茶壶(壺)
(cháhú) (个(個), gè) - (c) (also pot of tea)
一壶(壺)茶
(yī hú chá) - (c) (also coffeepot)
咖啡壶(壺)
(kāfēihú) (个(個), gè) - (c) (also pot of coffee)
一壶(壺)咖啡
(yī hú kāfēi) - (c) (for paint, jam, marmalade, honey)
罐
(guàn) (个(個), gè) - (c) (also chamber pot)
尿壶(壺)
(niàohú) - (c) (also flowerpot)
花盆
(huāpén) (个(個), gè) - (u) (inf, = marijuana)
大麻
(dàmá)
vt
- [plant]
把 ... 栽在盆里(裡)
(bǎ ... zāi zài pén li)pots of money (Brit, inf)大笔(筆)钱(錢)
(dà bǐ qián)to go to pot (inf) [work, performance]垮掉
(kuǎdiào)