| 单词 | vat |
| 释义 | vat (once / 4187 pages) n A vat is a big container for holding liquids. If you're having a big party, your mom may get you to help cook a vat of spaghetti sauce to feed all your hungry relatives. Here is an easy way to remember that vat has a short a sound: If you eat the whole vat, you'll probably get fat. Remember, though, that vats are not always food-related. People who make pottery, for example, keep vats of glazes in which they dip their vases and cups in order to color them. No matter what a vat contains, it's often heavy and hard to move. WORD FAMILYvat: vats, vatted, vatting USAGE EXAMPLESMen squat over indigo vats, dipping in T-shirt after T-shirt — some of them multiple times, to produce a darker, more intense shade. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) There was a host brewing inside the milky vat in the very room where Theresa met her untimely end. Los Angeles Times(Dec 05, 2016) Bottles filled with tea from giant vats flash by, 900 per minute. Seattle Times(Nov 28, 2016) n a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids Syn|Hypo|Hyper tub washtub a tub in which clothes or linens can be washed vessel an object used as a container (especially for liquids) VAT (once / 6603 pages) n WORD FAMILY VAT: VATS USAGE EXAMPLESThe VAT—which is like a consumption tax—is also border-adjustable. Wall Street Journal(Dec 21, 2016) It also scrapped a rise in VAT for residents of Aegean islands to help relieve the economic pressure caused by an influx of migrants. BBC(Dec 15, 2016) When, say, Rolls-Royce exports a jet engine from Britain to France, it pays French VAT on the sale and British corporate tax on its profits. Economist(Dec 15, 2016) n a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production Syn|Hyper ad valorem tax, value-added tax excise, excise tax a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) |
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