| 单词 | kettle |
| 释义 | kettle (once / 583 pages) 1n 2n 3n A kettle is a pot made for boiling water. Most kettles are metal, with a lid and a spout. If you're in the mood for a cup of tea, it might be time to "put the kettle on." You can use the word kettle to mean "metal cooking pot," although it's mostly used for the kind you use to make your tea or instant soup. If you want to comment on the incredible awkwardness of a situation, you can use the colloquial phrase, "Well, this is a fine kettle of fish," and if you criticize a friend for something you're also guilty of, she might say, "That's the pot calling the kettle black!" WORD FAMILYkettle: kettleful, kettles+/kettleful: kettlefuls USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s just kinder when the host is running late with dinner and you’re stuffing your face with Kettle Chips. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) More than a few drop not just coins but dollars into the iconic red kettle. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) “Other people keep me company,” he says about those who walk past his kettle on their way to the stores each day. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) 1 1n a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid Syn|Hypo|Hyper boiler teakettle kettle for boiling water to make tea pot metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid 2n the quantity a kettle will hold 2Syn|Hyper kettleful containerful the quantity that a container will hold n a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it 3Syn|Hyper kettledrum, timpani, tympani, tympanum percussion instrument, percussive instrument a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another n (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits Syn|Hyper kettle hole hole, hollow a depression hollowed out of solid matter |
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